When do polls open and close on Election Day?

Millions of Americans will ballot successful personification successful nan 2024 election connected Tuesday, Nov. 5. Check nan times that polls unfastened and close, since nan hours alteration by state, and 15 states person areas falling into 2 different clip zones. States will statesman reporting predetermination results aft their polls close.

If you are successful statement earlier a tract closes, you person nan correct to stay successful statement and vote. View a database of elector authorities from nan ACLU here. 

Forty-seven states and nan District of Columbia offer immoderate shape of early voting, and 8 states on pinch D.C. let a vote-by-mail strategy crossed nan board. More than 78 million voters formed their ballots early this year.

What clip do nan first polls unfastened connected Election Day 2024?

The first canvass opening times connected nan East Coast are successful Vermont, wherever certain locations (but not all) unfastened astatine 5 a.m. ET. Polling places successful each aliases parts of 5 much states unfastened astatine 6 a.m. ET. See a afloat database below.

Here's erstwhile polls unfastened successful each authorities connected Election Day:

Oregon is simply a vote-by-mail state, truthful it has nary in-person polling locations. 

As early arsenic 5 a.m. ET

• Vermont (Polls unfastened betwixt 5 a.m. and 10 a.m. depending connected your town. Check here to spot erstwhile your polling tract opens)

6 a.m. ET

• Connecticut
• Kentucky (Polling sites successful nan westbound unfastened astatine 7 a.m. ET)
• Maine (Polling locations unfastened betwixt 6 a.m. and 10 a.m. depending connected municipality 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 successful parts of nan Florida Panhandle connected Central time)
• Georgia
• New Hampshire (Opening times alteration by region pinch nan earliest starting astatine 7 a.m. ET; cheque here)
• Illinois
• Indiana
• Kansas (Varies by county; cheque pinch your local predetermination office for polling hours)
• Louisiana
• Maryland
• Massachusetts
• Michigan (Polling sites successful 4 Upper Peninsula counties unfastened astatine 8 a.m. ET)
• Missouri
• Pennsylvania
• Rhode Island (Polls successful New Shoreham unfastened astatine 9 a.m. ET)
• South Carolina
• Wyoming

8 a.m. ET

• Arizona
• Iowa
• Minnesota (Counties pinch a organization of little than 500 are not required to unfastened until 11 a.m. ET)
• Mississippi
• Oklahoma
• North Dakota (Polls commencement opening astatine 8 a.m. ET and alteration by county. Check here nether "County Polling Places" to spot polling hours)
• South Dakota (Polling locations successful nan westbound unfastened astatine 9 a.m. ET)
• Tennessee
• Texas (Polling sites successful 3 occidental counties unfastened astatine 9 a.m. ET)
• Wisconsin

8:30 a.m. ET

• Arkansas

9 a.m. ET

• Colorado
• Montana (Polling sites successful counties pinch little than 400 registered voters tin unfastened arsenic precocious arsenic 2 p.m. ET)
• Nebraska
• Nevada (Polling sites unfastened astatine 10 a.m. ET pinch nan objection of City Hall successful West Wendover)
• New Mexico
• Utah

10 a.m. ET

• California
• Idaho (Polling locations successful nan northbound unfastened astatine 11 a.m. ET)

11 a.m. ET

• Washington (Most voting is done by mail, truthful times alteration by county; cheque here)
• Alaska (Polling sites unfastened astatine 11 a.m. ET pinch nan objection of Adak)

12 p.m. ET

• Hawaii

What clip do nan first polls adjacent connected Election Day 2024?

The first polls to adjacent connected nan East Coast are successful eastbound counties of Indiana and Kentucky, astatine 6 p.m. ET, past nan remainder of those states, arsenic good arsenic Georgia, South Carolina, Vermont and Virginia, adjacent astatine 7 p.m. ET. See a afloat database of nan scheduled canvass closing times below.

Here's erstwhile polls adjacent successful each authorities connected Election Day:

7 p.m. ET

• Georgia
• Indiana (Polls adjacent astatine 6 p.m. ET successful nan 80 counties successful Eastern clip zone; find your polling location here)
• Kentucky (Polls adjacent astatine 6 p.m. ET for nan 79 counties successful nan eastbound portion of nan state)
• South Carolina
• Vermont
• Virginia

7:30 p.m. ET

• North Carolina
• Ohio
• West Virginia

8 p.m. ET

• Alabama
• Connecticut
• Delaware
• District of Columbia
• Florida (Polls successful Eastern clip area adjacent astatine 7 p.m. ET; portion of Panhandle are successful Central clip zone)
• Illinois
• Maine
• Maryland
• Massachusetts
• Mississippi
• Missouri
• New Hampshire (Polling hours alteration by municipality and are listed by location here)
• New Jersey
• Oklahoma
• Pennsylvania
• Rhode Island
• Tennessee

8:30 p.m. ET

• Arkansas

9 p.m. ET

• Arizona
• Colorado
• Iowa
• Kansas (Polling locations adjacent astatine 8 p.m. ET successful each isolated from 4 counties successful nan west)
• Louisiana
• Michigan (Polling locations adjacent astatine 8 p.m. ET successful each isolated from 4 counties)
• Minnesota
• Nebraska
• New Mexico
• New York
• North Dakota (Polls adjacent astatine 8 p.m. ET successful each but 8 counties)
• South Dakota (Polls adjacent astatine 8 p.m. ET successful nan east)
• Texas (Polls adjacent astatine 8 p.m. ET for astir of nan authorities isolated from 3 counties successful nan west)
• Wisconsin
• Wyoming

10 p.m. ET

• Montana
• Nevada (The polling location astatine City Hall successful West Wendover closes astatine 9 p.m. ET)
• Utah

11 p.m. ET

• California
• Idaho (Polling locations successful nan southbound adjacent astatine 10 p.m. ET)
• Oregon (Polling locations successful Malheur County adjacent astatine 10 p.m. ET)
• Washington

12 a.m. ET

• Hawaii

1 a.m. ET

• Alaska (Polling locations adjacent astatine 12 a.m. pinch nan objection of Adak)

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