Here is where you can watch Des Moines count the votes in real time

Iowa voters check in.
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The doors are now open at caucus locations across Iowa, where the very first votes of the 2016 election season are about to be cast. While coverage is ongoing on national networks such as CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC, you can also easily tune in to the Hawkeye State's own local broadcast. Des Moines-based TV station WHO-13 has reporters across the state following the results — as well as a team of meteorologists keeping tabs on an oncoming blizzard that voters are eyeing warily. Watch live, below.

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Jeva Lange was the executive editor at TheWeek.com. She formerly served as The Week's deputy editor and culture critic. She is also a contributor to Screen Slate, and her writing has appeared in The New York Daily News, The Awl, Vice, and Gothamist, among other publications. Jeva lives in New York City. Follow her on Twitter.