What Time Do Polls Open on Election Day?

More than 78 Million voters expected to cast their votes tomorrow

Millions of Americans will vote in person in the 2024 election on Tuesday, Nov. 5. Check the times that polls open and close, since the hours vary by state, and 15 states have areas falling into two different time zones. States will begin reporting election results after their polls close.

Forty-seven states and the District of Columbia offer some form of early voting , and eight states along with D.C. allow a vote-by-mail system across the board. More than 78 million voters cast their ballots early this year.

What time do the first polls open on Election Day 2024?

The first poll opening times on the East Coast are in Vermont, where certain locations (but not all) open at 5 a.m. ET. Polling places in all or parts of five more states open at 6 a.m. ET. See a full list below.

Here’s when polls open in each state on Election Day:

Oregon is a vote-by-mail state, so it has no in-person polling locations.

As early as 5 a.m. ET

Vermont (Polls open between 5 a.m. and 10 a.m)
6 a.m. ET

Connecticut
Kentucky (Polling sites in the west open at 7 a.m. ET)
Maine (Polling locations open between 6 a.m. and 10 a.m. depending on town population.)
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 on Central time)
Georgia
New Hampshire (Opening times vary by county with the earliest starting at 7 a.m. ET)
Illinois
Indiana
Kansas (Varies by county; check with your local election office for polling hours)
Louisiana
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan (Polling sites 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 a population of less than 500 are not required to open until 11 a.m. ET)
Mississippi
Oklahoma
North Dakota (Polls start opening at 8 a.m. ET and vary by county. )
South Dakota (Polling locations in the west open at 9 a.m. ET)
Tennessee
Texas (Polling sites in three western counties open at 9 a.m. ET)
Wisconsin
8:30 a.m. ET

Arkansas
9 a.m. ET

Colorado
Montana (Polling sites in counties with less than 400 registered voters can open as late as 2 p.m. ET)
Nebraska
Nevada (Polling sites open at 10 a.m. ET with the exception of City Hall in West Wendover)
New Mexico
Utah
10 a.m. ET

California
Idaho (Polling locations in the north open at 11 a.m. ET)
11 a.m. ET

Washington (Most voting is done by mail, so times vary by county)
Alaska (Polling sites open at 11 a.m. ET with the exception of Adak)
12 p.m. ET

Hawaii
What time do the first polls close on Election Day 2024?

The first polls to close on the East Coast are in eastern counties of Indiana and Kentucky, at 6 p.m. ET, then the rest of those states, as well as Georgia, South Carolina, Vermont and Virginia, close at 7 p.m. ET.

Here’s when polls close in each state on Election Day:

7 p.m. ET

Georgia
Indiana (Polls close at 6 p.m. ET in the 80 counties in Eastern time zone)
Kentucky (Polls close at 6 p.m. ET for the 79 counties in the eastern part of the 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 in Eastern time zone close at 7 p.m. ET; part of Panhandle are in Central time zone)
Illinois
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Mississippi
Missouri
New Hampshire (Polling hours vary by municipality and are listed by location )
New Jersey
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Tennessee
8:30 p.m. ET

Arkansas
9 p.m. ET

Arizona
Colorado
Iowa
Kansas (Polling locations close at 8 p.m. ET in all except four counties in the west)
Louisiana
Michigan (Polling locations close at 8 p.m. ET in all except four counties)
Minnesota
Nebraska
New Mexico
New York
North Dakota (Polls close at 8 p.m. ET in all but eight counties)
South Dakota (Polls close at 8 p.m. ET in the east)
Texas (Polls close at 8 p.m. ET for most of the state except three counties in the west)
Wisconsin
Wyoming
10 p.m. ET

Montana
Nevada (The polling location at City Hall in West Wendover closes at 9 p.m. ET)
Utah
11 p.m. ET

California
Idaho (Polling locations in the south close at 10 p.m. ET)
Oregon (Polling locations in Malheur County close at 10 p.m. ET)
Washington
12 a.m. ET

Hawaii
1 a.m. ET

Alaska (Polling locations close at 12 a.m. with the exception of Adak)

By: Emily Hung, CBS News