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As polls closed on across the country on Tuesday night, Hollywood stars made one last push for in-person voters.

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00:00Hollywood stars made one last push for in-person voters as polls closed across the country

00:05on Tuesday night.

00:07Stars including Julia Louis-Dreyfus, John Legend, Kim Kardashian West and Kamil Nanjiani,

00:12among others, took to social media on Tuesday evening to encourage those in line to vote

00:17to stay in line as the race between Joe Biden and Donald Trump gets increasingly close as

00:22election results start to come in.

00:24Though poll closing times and rules vary by state, many close at 8 p.m. local time and

00:29voters in several states are still allowed to cast their ballots as long as they are

00:33in line at closing time.

00:34Swing states Florida and Wisconsin were of particular emphasis from the Hollywood crowd, with Gabrielle

00:39Union and Josh Gad sending messages to Florida voters and Kerry Washington and Journey Smollett

00:44cheering on those in line in Wisconsin.

00:46Billy Eichner also shouted out South Carolina and Nanjiani tweeted North Carolina.

00:51Meanwhile Debra Messing also posted a video urging voters to, quote, stay in line, stay

00:56strong and stay calm.

00:57As it neared 7 p.m. in Arizona, stars such as Seth Rogen, Sarah Paulson, Tracee Ellis Ross,

01:02America Ferreira and Jimmy Kimmel rallied around voters in the swing state.

01:06The stay in line message was also echoed on both sides of the political aisle as Biden,

01:11Kamala Harris and Donald Trump Jr. tweeted similar sentiments.

01:15According to the Associated Press, an unprecedented 103.2 million people cast their ballots early

01:21in this year's presidential election.

01:23For more updates on the 2020 presidential election, head to THR.com.

01:26For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Neha Joy.

01:28For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Neha Joy.

01:33For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Neha Joy.