New Delhi: The Big Day is just hours away as millions of American voters will go to the polling stations on Tuesday (November 5) to cast their ballots.
The opening and closing times for voting vary by hours from state to state. Besides, there are 15 states that are split into two time zones. As per CBS News, these states will start declaring election results only after the polls have closed in their regions.
When will polling start in the United States?
The polling will start at 5 am ET in some locations in Vermont on the East Coast, while polling places in all or parts of five other states will open at 6 am ET. In Oregon, there will be no in-person polling stations, as the state carries out voting by mail.
The precise time when polls open in different states is as follows:
New York: 6 am
New Jersey: 6 am
Connecticut: 6 am
Virginia: 6 am
North Carolina: 6.30 am
Vermont: Between 5 am and 10 am ET (depending on the town from where the voter is casting their vote)
Kentucky: 6 am (Polling stations will open at 7 am ET in the West)
Maine: 6 am (Polling sites will open between 6 am and 10 am depending on population of the town)
Ohio: 6.30 am
West Virginia: 6.30 am
District of Columbia: 7 am
Delaware: 7 am
Alabama: 7 am
Georgia: 7 am
Illinois: 7 am
Indiana: 7 am
Florida: 7 am (8 am ET in some areas of the Florida Panhandle that follow Central Time)
New Hampshire: 7 am (Opening times vary by county, earliest starting at 7 am ET)
Kansas: 7 am (Varies by county)
Louisiana: 7 am
Maryland: 7 am
Massachusetts: 7 am
South Carolina: 7 am
Michigan: 7 am (Polling locations in four Upper Peninsula counties will open at 8 am ET)
Missouri: 7 am
Pennsylvania: 7 am
Rhode Island: 7 am (Polls in New Shoreham start at 9 am ET)
Wyoming: 7 am
Iowa: 8 am
Minnesota: 8 am (Counties with a population of less than 500 won’t open before 11 am ET)
Arizona: 8 am
Mississippi: 8 am
North Dakota: 8 am (Polls will start at 8 am ET and vary by county)
Oklahoma: 8 am
Tennessee: 8 am
South Dakota: 8 am (Polling in the west start at 9 am ET)
Texas: 8 am (Polling sites in 3 western counties open at 9 am ET)
Wisconsin: 8 am
Arkansas: 8.30 am
Colorado: 9 am
Nebraska: 9 am
Montana: 9 am (Polling stations in counties with less than 400 voters will open at 2 pm ET)
Nevada: 9 am (Polling locations will open at 10 am ET except for City Hall in West Wendover)
Utah: 9 am
New Mexico: 9 am
California: 10 am
Idaho: 10 am (Polling locations in North will open at 11 am ET)
Alaska: 11 am (except for Adak)
Washington: 11 am (Most voting done by mail, will vary by county)
Hawaii: 12 pm
When will the polls come to a close in the United States?
The polling will start closing in the states on the Eastern counties of Indiana and Kentucky at 6 pm ET. Georgia, Vermont and Virginia will follow at 7 pm.
The exact time of polls closing in different states is as follows:
Georgia: 7 pm
Indiana: 7 pm (Polls close at 6 pm ET in 80 counties that are in Eastern Time Zone)
South Carolina: 7 pm
Kentucky: 7 pm (Polls close at 6 pm ET for 79 counties in the eastern part of the state)
Virginia: 7 pm
Vermont: 7 pm
West Virginia: 7.30 pm
North Carolina: 7.30 pm
Ohio: 7.30 pm
Alabama: 8 pm
Delaware: 8 pm
Connecticut: 8 pm
Illinois: 8 pm
District of Columbia: 8 pm
Massachusetts: 8 pm
Maryland: 8 pm
Florida: 8 pm (Polls in Eastern Time zone close at 7 pm ET; part of Panhandle are in Central time zone)
Maine: 8 pm
Missouri: 8 pm
Mississippi: 8 pm
New Jersey: 8 pm
New Hampshire: 8 pm (Polling time varies by municipality)
Oklahoma: 8 pm
Tennessee: 8 pm
Pennsylvania: 8 pm
Rhode Island: 8 pm
Arkansas: 8.30 pm
Colorado: 9 pm
Arizona: 9 pm
Iowa: 9 pm
Kansas: 9 pm (Except 4 counties in the west, polling sites close at 8 pm ET)
Louisiana: 9 pm
Minnesota: 9 pm
Michigan: 9 pm (Polling sites close at 8 pm ET in all except 4 counties)
New Mexico: 9 pm
Nebraska: 9 pm
North Dakota: 9 pm (Polls close at 8 pm ET in all except 8 counties)
South Dakota: 9 pm (Polls close at 8 pm ET in the east)
New York: 9 pm
Texas: 9 pm (Polls close at 8 pm ET for most of the state but three counties in the west)
Wyoming: 9 pm
Wisconsin: 9 pm
Nevada: 10 pm (Polling sites close at City Hall in West Wendover at 9 pm ET)
Montana: 10 pm
Utah: 10 pm
Idaho: 11 pm (Polls close in the south at 10 pm ET)
California: 11 pm
Washington: 11 pm
Oregon: 11 pm (Polling locations in Malheur County close at 10 pm ET)
Hawaii: 12 am
Alaska: 1 am (Polling sites close at midnight except in Adak)
