Poll Closing Times/Scorecard Presidential Election 2004
11/02/2004 | self
Closing time State Electoral Vote Bush Kerry(EST)
6:00 p.m. Indiana (*/EST) 0-see later tmzn
Kentucky (*/EST) 0-see later tmzne
7:00 p.m. Indiana (*/CST) 11
Kentucky (*/CST) 8
Georgia (EST) 15
New Hampshire(EST)# 4
South Carolina (EST) 8
Vermont (EST) 3
Virginia (EST) 13
Florida (*/EST) 0-see later tmzn
7:30 p.m. North Carolina (EST)# 15
Ohio (EST) 20
West Virginia (EST) 5
8:00 p.m. Florida (*/CST) 27
Alabama (CST) 9
Connecticut (EST) 7
Delaware (EST) 3
D.C. (EST) 3
Illinois (CST) 21
Kansas (CST/MST)# 6
Maine (EST) 4
Maryland (EST) 10
Massachusetts (EST) 12
Mississippi (CST) 6
Missouri (CST) 11
New Jersey (EST) 15
Oklahoma (CST) 7
Pennsylvania (EST) 21
Tennessee (EST/CST) 11
Michigan (*/EST) 0-see later tmzn
Texas (*/CST) 0-see later tmzn
8:30 p.m. Arkansas (CST) 6
9:00 p.m. Michigan (*/CST) 17
Texas (*/MST) 34
Arizona (MST) 10
Colorado (MST) 9
Louisiana (CST) 9
Minnesota (CST) 10
Nebraska (CST/MST) 5
New Mexico (MST) 5
New York (EST) 31
Rhode Island (EST) 4
South Dakota (CST/MST) 3
Wisconsin (CST) 10
Wyoming (MST) 3
10:00 p.m. Iowa (CST) 7
Montana (MST) 3
Nevada (PST) 5
Utah (MST) 5
Idaho (*/MST) 0-see later tmzn
North Dakota (*/CST) 0-see later tmzn
Oregon (*/MST) 0-see later tmzn
11:00 p.m. California (PST) 55
Hawaii (HI) 4
Idaho (*/PST) 4
North Dakota (*/MST) 3
Oregon (*/PST) 7
Washington (PST) 11
12:00 a.m. Alaska (*/AKST) 0-see later tmzn
01:00 a.m. Alaska (*/ALST) 3
(*/TMZ) - the state resides in two time zones and the polls close at the same local time (i.e. the polls in the time zone further west close one hour later).
(TMZ1/TMZ2) - the state resides in two time zones and the polls close synchronously
# - a portion of the state may have poll closings at a later time.
07:00pm - New Hampshire - permits its 13 cities to keep their polls open until 8 PM EST by local option.
07:30pm - North Carolina - allows its County Boards of Elections to decide whether to keep polls open until 8:30 p.m. EST
08:00pm - Kansas - Most polls in the State close at either 7 pm or 8 pm local time in the Central Time Zone by local option; the remaining polls in the Mountain Time Zone close at either 6 pm or 7 pm local time by local option.