When do polling stations open and close on Election Day 2024? Things to know for Tuesday

Millions of Americans will vote in person Election 2024 on Tuesday, November 5th. Check polling place opening and closing times, as hours vary by state and 15 states have areas that fall into two different time zones. States will begin releasing election results as soon as their polling stations close.

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Forty-seven states and the District of Columbia Offer some form of early votingand eight states and DC allow a mail-in voting system nationwide. More than 78 million voters cast their ballots earlier this year.

When will the first polling stations open on Election Day 2024?

The first polls are open on the East Coast in Vermont, where certain locations (but not all) open at 5 a.m. ET. Polls in all or parts of five additional states open at 6 a.m. ET. A complete list can be found below.

Here's what time polls will be open in each state on Election Day:

Oregon is a mail-in voting state and therefore does not have in-person polling locations.

As early as 5 a.m. ET

• Vermont (Polls are open between 5 a.m. and 10 a.m. depending on the city. See when your polling location opens here.)

6 a.m. ET

• Connecticut
• Kentucky (Polls in the West open at 7 a.m. ET)
• Maine (Polls are open 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. depending on city population. Check here)
• New Jersey
• new York
• Virginia

6:30 a.m. ET

• North Carolina
• Ohio
• West Virginia

7 a.m. ET

• Alabama
• Delaware
• District of Columbia
• Florida (8 a.m. ET in parts of the Florida Panhandle Central Time)
• Georgia
• New Hampshire (hours vary by county, earliest start is 7 a.m. ET; see here)
• Illinois
• Indiana
• Kansas (Varies by county; check with your local elections office for voting times)
• Louisiana
• Maryland
• Massachusetts
• Michigan (Polls in four Upper Peninsula counties open at 8 a.m. ET)
• Missouri
• Pennsylvania
• Rhode Island (Polls in New Shoreham open at 9 a.m. ET)
• South Carolina
• Wyoming

8 a.m. ET

• Arizona
• Iowa
• Minnesota (counties with fewer than 500 residents are not required to open until 11 a.m. ET)
• Mississippi
• Oklahoma
• North Dakota (Polls begin at 8 a.m. ET and vary by county. Voting times can be found here under “County Polling Locations”).
• South Dakota (Polls in the West open at 9 a.m. ET)
• Tennessee
• Texas (Polls in three western counties open at 9 a.m. ET)
• Wisconsin

8:30 a.m. ET

9 a.m. ET

• Colorado
• Montana (Polls in counties with fewer than 400 registered voters cannot open until 2:00 p.m. ET)
• Nebraska
• Nevada (Polls open at 10 a.m. ET, except for City Hall in West Wendover)
• New Mexico
• Utah

10 a.m. ET

• California
• Idaho (Polls in the north open at 11 a.m. ET)

11 a.m. ET

• Washington (Most voting is by mail, so times vary by county; see here)
• Alaska (Polls open at 11 a.m. ET, except Adak)

12pm ET

When will the first polling stations close on Election Day 2024?

The first polls on the East Coast close in the eastern counties of Indiana and Kentucky at 6:00 p.m. ET, then the remaining states plus Georgia, South Carolina, Vermont and Virginia close at 7:00 p.m. ET. A full list of scheduled poll closing times can be found below.

Here's a look at when polls close on Election Day in each state:

7pm ET

• Georgia
• Indiana (Polls close at 6:00 p.m. ET in the 80 counties in the Eastern time zone; find your polling location here)
• Kentucky (Polls for the 79 counties in the eastern part of the state close at 6:00 p.m. ET)
• South Carolina
• Vermont
• Virginia

7:30 p.m. ET

• North Carolina
• Ohio
• West Virginia

8pm ET

• Alabama
• Connecticut
• Delaware
• District of Columbia
• Florida (Polls in the Eastern Time Zone close at 7:00 p.m. ET; part of the Panhandle is in the Central Time Zone)
• Illinois
• Maine
• Maryland
• Massachusetts
• Mississippi
• Missouri
• New Hampshire (Voting times vary by municipality and are listed here by location)
• New Jersey
• Oklahoma
• Pennsylvania
• Rhode Island
• Tennessee

8:30 p.m. ET

9pm ET

• Arizona
• Colorado
• Iowa
• Kansas (Polls close at 8:00 p.m. ET in all but four western counties)
• Louisiana
• Michigan (Polls close at 8:00 p.m. ET in all but four counties)
• Minnesota
• Nebraska
• New Mexico
• new York
• North Dakota (Polls close at 8:00 p.m. ET in all but eight counties)
• South Dakota (Polls close at 8:00 p.m. ET in the East)
• Texas (Polls close at 8:00 p.m. ET across most of the state, except for three western counties)
• Wisconsin
• Wyoming

10 p.m. ET

• Montana
• Nevada (Polls at West Wendover City Hall close at 9:00 p.m. ET)
• Utah

11 p.m. ET

• California
• Idaho (Polls in the South close at 10 p.m. ET)
• Oregon (Polls in Malheur County close at 10 p.m. ET)
• Washington

12pm ET

1 a.m. ET

• Alaska (Polls close at 12 p.m., except Adak)