Poll Closing Times

The information below is for 2004; we will update as necessary for 2008 as the election gets closer.

Adjusted to Eastern Time (ET), these are the closing times for the polls in each state. This is likely to be the earliest time that results will be reported, and a winner possibly projected, for each state.

Note that states that span multiple time zones tend to close their polls at the same local time. So, for example, in the Eastern Time Zone of Florida the polls close at 7PM ET, while they close at 7PM Central Time (8PM ET). Since 8PM ET is the latest closing time, that is what we show in the list below.

This is not an official schedule, so don't rely on it to plan when to vote!

58 Electoral Votes	Georgia Indiana Kentucky South Carolina Vermont Virginia
40 Electoral Votes	Ohio North Carolina West Virginia
171 Electoral Votes	Alabama Connecticut Delaware Florida Illinois Maine Maryland Massachusetts Mississippi Missouri New Hampshire New Jersey Oklahoma Pennsylvania Tennessee Washington, DC
6 Electoral Votes	Arkansas

156 Electoral Votes	Arizona Colorado Kansas Louisiana Michigan Minnesota Nebraska New Mexico New York Rhode Island South Dakota Texas Wisconsin Wyoming
20 Electoral Votes	Iowa Montana Nevada Utah
84 Electoral Votes	California Hawaii Idaho North Dakota Oregon Washington
3 Electoral Votes	Alaska

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