Polling places across the United States are open at various hours during Election Day Newsweek He compiled a map of different times.
There’s no federal mandate on how each state tallies its votes, either, so each member of the Electoral College votes, counts, and presents their choice a little differently.
Results for each state will come in at different times, and Pennsylvania may not be announced until Saturday, Nov. 9, according to one statistician.
Early voting means more than 60 million voters have already chosen this election — although restrictions on counting in multiple states mean that many of the most important swing states have not yet begun counting early votes.
What time does voting open and close in my state?
Vermont was the first state to open its doors to waiting voters, at five in the morning EST. The last to start voting is Hawaii, which begins at 12 a.m. or noon EST. Both states are safely blue and expected to support Vice President Kamala Harris.
Oregon is entirely mail-in, meaning there are no in-person polling places to open.
Vermont is also the first state to close polls at 7 p.m. EST. This means voters have 14 hours to cast their ballots on Election Day. Other states have smaller windows. New Hampshire starts at 7 a.m. and ends at 8 p.m., giving voters 13 hours instead.
The last poll to close is Alaska, which closes its polls at 1 a.m. after Election Day.
5 a.m.: Vermont
Vermont opens the polls first at 5 a.m., and has already reported some results. It is also among the first countries to close its stations.
6 a.m.: Connecticut, Kentucky, Maine, New Jersey, New York, and Virginia
The first large list of states to begin voting includes most of New England, including Democratic strongholds such as New York and Virginia.
6:30 a.m.: North Carolina, Ohio, and West Virginia
7 a.m. Alabama, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, New Hampshire, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina and Wyoming
The largest voting list begins at 7 a.m., when voting begins in most of the Midwest, the rest of New England and most of the South.
8 a.m.: Arizona, Iowa, Minnesota, Mississippi, Oklahoma, North Dakota, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Wisconsin
By 8 a.m., almost all the swing states will have begun voting, after Wisconsin and Arizona open the polls.
8:30 a.m.: Arkansas
9 a.m.: Colorado, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah
Nevada will be the last swing state to begin voting at 9 a.m. ET, along with other western border states and the rest of the mountain states.
10 a.m.: California and Idaho
11 am: Washington and Alaska
Back: Hawaii
When will the results be announced?
Results from the swing states of Georgia and North Carolina are scheduled to be announced on Tuesday evening, as these states close polling before the West Coast and Midwest.
Partial results from Pennsylvania, Arizona and Nevada are expected after midnight.
The election will be called when either Harris or Trump receives 270 or more Electoral College votes. This means that each state does not have to finish counting for a winner to be called.
According to statistician Arnon Mishkin, who led Fox News’ decision desk in the last election, results could be announced on Saturday, November 9, which is when Pennsylvania is expected to finish counting votes.
A senior Wisconsin official said results for the swing state could be due shortly after midnight, if the early vote count goes as planned.
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