When Do the Polls Close in Each State?

heavy.com ^ | 11/8/16 | Daniel S. Levine

[ColdOne]

6:00 p.m. EST

Indiana (Counties that use Central Time will close polls at 7 p.m. EST) Kentucky (Counties that use Central Time will close polls at 7 p.m. EST) 7:00 p.m. EST

Florida (Counties that use Central Time will close polls at 8 p.m. EST) Georgia New Hampshire (The 13 cities in New Hampshire can keep their polls open until 8 p.m. EST.) South Carolina Vermont Virginia 7:30 p.m. EST

Ohio North Carolina West Virginia 8:00 p.m. EST

Alabama Delaware Illinois Kansas (Polls in the counties in the Mountain Time Zone will close at 9 p.m. EST.) Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan (Polls in the counties in the Central Time Zone will close at 9 p.m. EST.) Missouri Mississippi New Jersey North Dakota (The less populated half of North Dakota is in Mountain Time, so polls there will close at 9 p.m. EST. Some polls in towns with higher populations can remain open until 9 p.m. local time.) Oklahoma Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Dakota Tennessee Texas (Polls in the counties in the Mountain Time Zone will close at 9 p.m. EST.) 8:30 p.m. EST

Arkansas 9:00 p.m. EST

Arizona Colorado Louisiana Minnesota Nebraska New Mexico New York Wisconsin Wyoming 10:00 p.m. EST

Idaho (Polls in the portions of the state in the Pacific Time Zone close at 11:00 p.m. EST.) Iowa

[the_Watchman]

When the last liberal judge quits granting extensions! :(

[tumblindice]

Indiana: 6 AM to 6 PM. Leaving now to vote, wife in tow.
Make America great again, critical election!

[Jim W N]

The only poll closing that matters is Alaska which closes 1 am EST. My understanding is they can’t report results until all polls close which would mean nothing until 1 am EST or 10 pm PST.

[babble-on]

I believe your understanding is incorrect.

[Biggirl]

8PM Connecticut.

[Jim W N]

How so?

[WayneS]

The signs at my polling place in Virginia said the pols are open until 7:00 pm, not 7:30 pm.

I just thought I’d mention it so no one gets caught out by a half-hour.

[Lakewood]

Results will be posted by state but only after that state’s polls close.

[fhayek]

later reference ping

[blam]

[Ladysforest]

NY is 9:00 EST. Unless NYC is different. ??

[gattaca]

I went this morning at 5:30 and was 13 in line. By the time I got in, voted and left, there were about 200 people in line.

[babble-on]

They won't release results in any particular state until all the polls are closed in that state. But state results will start showing up early in the evening. Usually Indiana and Kentucky first, then along the eastern seaboard.

[gasport]

https://ballotpedia.org/State_Poll_Opening_and_Closing_Times_(2016)

[Political Junkie Too]

When the Democrat finally pulls ahead.

-PJ

[battle_cry_of_freedom]

http://images.dailykos.com/images/318427/story_image/ClosingEastern.png?1477599760

Cut and paste pretty good graphics, sorry its from the dailykos!:(

[Jim W N]

Media reporting of poll/election results from some states before other states’ polls are closed has been deemed prejudicial to the states still open for voting. That is why the media is prohibited from reporting any results until ALL states polls are closed. That is my understanding.

[PermaRag]

Trump will have an early EV lead with Indiana, Kentucky & Georgia, which all should be called 1 minute after poll closing.

Media will call Virginia immediately for Hitlery and won’t be wrong about that one, unfortunately. Sometimes in the past VA has teased us a bit and made us wait for an outcome, but this time there won’t be any need to be coy about it.

Media may very well repeat 2000 and call Florida for Hitlery with polls still open in western (Republican) areas of the state because it’s going to be THAT close but the media is willing to take the chance of being wrong because the real goal is demoralization in Florida and elsewhere.

New Hampshire either too close to call or is called quickly for Hitlery.

*IF* Trump really is winning North Carolina and Ohio, media will not call those for a long time but may grudgingly call the OH Senate race since that is a slam dunk for RINO Rob Portman.

Media will call Pennsylvania (Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota) immediately for Hitlery or perhaps just a few seconds after “immediately”. All of those were extreme long shots anyway.

The big question is: will all the biased calls and non-calls be accurate or will they have to retract any?

[PermaRag]

You have apparently never watched election results come in before.

This election will be called way before Alaska (not to mention Hawaii) is finished voting.