When polls close in battleground states on Election Day

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The results connected Election Day will travel down to 7 states: Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.

Vice President Kamala Harris and erstwhile President Donald Trump person visited them nan most. Together, these states are apt to present nan Electoral College votes needed for nan winning campaigner to get a mostly of 270.

It will beryllium a crippled of hopscotch to support up pinch cardinal times successful each of nan states, which agelong crossed 4 different clip zones.

A look astatine nan Election Day timeline crossed nan seven, pinch each listings successful Eastern Standard Time:

Arizona

Polls unfastened astatine 8 a.m. successful Arizona, which Joe Biden carried successful 2020 by 0.3%. He was only nan 2nd Democratic statesmanlike campaigner to do truthful successful astir 70 years. Polls will adjacent astatine 9 p.m.

Arizona does not merchandise votes until each precincts person reported aliases 1 hr aft each polls are closed, whichever is first.

In 2020, The Associated Press first reported Arizona results astatine 10:02 p.m. ET connected Nov. 3, Election Day, and declared Biden nan victor astatine 2:51 a.m. ET connected Nov. 4.

Georgia

Polls unfastened astatine 7 a.m. successful Georgia, which played a cardinal role successful 2020. Biden was nan first Democrat successful a White House title to transportation nan authorities since Bill Clinton successful 1992, defeating Trump by little than one-quarter of a percent point, a separator of 11,779 votes.

Since then, Trump’s efforts to overturn those results person been astatine nan bosom of a criminal case successful Fulton County. It is connected clasp while his ineligible squad pursues a pretrial entreaty to person District Attorney Fani Willis removed from the case and nan indictment tossed. The Georgia Court of Appeals will hear those arguments aft nan election.

Georgia’s polls adjacent astatine 7 p.m.

In 2020, nan AP first reported Georgia results astatine 7:20 p.m. ET connected Nov. 3 and declared Biden nan state’s victor astatine 7:58 p.m. ET connected Nov. 19, much than 2 weeks aft Election Day.

Michigan

Polls unfastened astatine 7 a.m. ET successful Michigan, one of nan “blue wall” states that went narrowly for Trump successful 2016 aft almost 30 years of voting for Democratic candidates. Biden won it backmost 4 years later. His separator was astir 154,000 votes retired of much than 5.5 cardinal votes.

Michigan covers 2 clip zones, but polls successful astir of nan authorities adjacent astatine 8 p.m. ET, pinch nan remainder astatine 9 p.m. ET.

In 2020, nan AP first reported Michigan results astatine 8:08 p.m. ET connected Nov. 3 and declared Biden nan victor astatine 5:58 p.m. ET connected Nov. 4.

Nevada

Polls unfastened astatine 10 a.m. ET successful Nevada, nan smallest electoral ballot prize of nan battlegrounds. But it has 1 of nan champion way records arsenic a statesmanlike bellwether. The campaigner who won Nevada has gone connected to triumph nan White House successful 27 of nan past 30 statesmanlike elections.

Polls adjacent astatine 10 p.m. ET. The authorities doesn’t merchandise results until nan past personification successful statement has voted, truthful there’s usually been a hold betwixt canvass adjacent and nan first results.

In 2020, nan AP first reported Nevada results astatine 11:41 p.m. ET connected Nov. 3 and declared Biden nan victor astatine 12:13 p.m. ET connected Nov. 7.

North Carolina

Polls unfastened astatine 6:30 a.m. ET successful North Carolina, which has been carried by Democrats only 2 times successful statesmanlike elections since 1968. But nan authorities has stayed competitory for some awesome parties. Trump’s 2020 triumph successful North Carolina, by astir 1 percent point, was his smallest winning separator successful immoderate state.

Polls adjacent astatine 7:30 p.m. ET.

In 2020, nan AP first reported results astatine 7:42 p.m. ET connected Nov. 3 and declared Trump nan victor astatine 3:49 p.m. ET connected Nov. 13.

Pennsylvania

Polls unfastened astatine 7 a.m. ET successful Pennsylvania, another “blue wall” state. Biden’s 2020 separator successful Pennsylvania was astir 80,000 votes retired of much than 6.9 cardinal votes. This year, it’s nan spot wherever Harris and Trump met for nan first time astatine their sole statement successful September successful Philadelphia.

Polls adjacent astatine 8 p.m. ET successful a authorities pinch much electoral votes, 19, than immoderate of nan battlegrounds.

In 2020, nan AP first reported results astatine 8:09 p.m. ET connected Nov. 3 and declared Biden nan victor astatine 11:25 a.m. ET connected Nov. 7.

Wisconsin

Polls unfastened astatine 8 a.m. ET successful Wisconsin, the 3rd “blue wall” authorities successful this group. Wisconsin is nary alien to adjacent elections; nan separator of triumph successful nan authorities was little than 1 percent constituent successful 2020, 2016, 2004 and 2000.

Polls adjacent astatine 9 p.m. ET.

In 2020, nan AP first reported Wisconsin results astatine 9:07 p.m. ET connected Nov. 3 and declared Biden nan victor astatine 2:16 p.m. ET connected Nov. 4.