U.S. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and his wife Ann voted at a polling station near their house in Belmont, Massachusets.

Romney shook hands with several voters, welcomed the election commission members but made no statement for the media.  

Asked who he voted for, Romney said “I think you know”, RIA Novosti reports.

President Obama and his wife Michelle participated in early voting in Chicago. Today Obama plans to play basketball and then follow the vote in his Chicago headquarters. Romney will follow the results in Boston.