Maps Shows What Time Polls Open and Close on Election Day

Polling stations are opening up across the U.S. for varied hours during Election Day, and Newsweek has compiled a map of the different times.

There is no federal mandate on how each state collects its ballots either, so each member of the Electoral College votes, counts and submits its choice slightly differently.

Results for each state will come in at different times, and perhaps the most significant, Pennsylvania, will not be announced until Saturday, November 9, according to one statistician.

Early voting has meant that over 60 million voters have already made their choice this election—though restrictions on counting in multiple states mean that several of the most important swing states haven't started tallying early votes yet.

What time does voting open and close in my state?

The first state to open its doors to waiting voters was Vermont, at 5 a.m. EST. The last to begin voting is Hawaii, which starts at 12 p.m. or noon EST. Both of these states are safely blue and are expected to back Vice President Kamala Harris.

The state of Oregon operates entirely with a mail-in system, meaning there are no in-person polling stations to open.

Vermont is also the first state to close its polls, at 7 p.m. EST. This means voters have 14 hours to cast their ballot on Election Day. Other states have smaller windows; New Hampshire begins at 7 a.m. and ends at 8 p.m, giving voters 13 hours instead.

The last poll to close is Alaska, which shuts the doors on its polling stations at 1 a.m. the morning after Election Day.

5 a.m: Vermont

Vermont opens its polls first at 5 a.m, and has even already submitted some results. It is also among the first states to close its stations.

6 a.m: Connecticut, Kentucky, Maine, New Jersey, New York, and Virginia

The first big slate of states to begin polling includes most of New England, including Democratic strongholds such as New York and Virginia.

6:30 a.m: North Carolina, Ohio and West Virginia

7 a.m. Alabama, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, New Hampshire, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina and Wyoming

The largest slate of voting begins at 7 a.m., when most of the Midwest, the rest of New England, and most of the South begin voting.

8 a.m: Arizona, Iowa, Minnesota, Mississippi, Oklahoma, North Dakota, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas and Wisconsin

By 8 a.m. almost every swing state will have begun voting, after Wisconsin and Arizona open their polls.

8:30 a.m: Arkansas

9 a.m: Colorado, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah

Nevada will be the last swing state to begin voting at 9 a.m. ET, along with other western border states and the rest of the mountain states.

10 a.m: California and Idaho

11 a.m: Washington and Alaska

Noon: Hawaii

What time will results be announced?

Results from the swing states of Georgia and North Carolina are due to be announced on Tuesday evening, as these states close polling earlier than the west coast and the Midwest.

Partial results from Pennsylvania, Arizona, and Nevada are expected after midnight.

The election will be called when either Harris or Trump has received 270 Electoral College votes or more. This means that not every state needs to finish counting in order for a winner to be called.

According to statistician Arnon Mishkin, who led the Fox News decision desk last election, the results could be announced on Saturday, November 9, which is when Pennsylvania is predicted to finish its count.

A top Wisconsin official said that results from their swing state could be due shortly after midnight, if early vote counting goes to plan.

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