Polls will close at various times across the United States during the upcoming midterm elections, according to Eastern Standard Time (EST). The schedule is as follows:
- 6 p.m.: The first polls close in parts of Indiana and Kentucky.
- 7 p.m.: Polls in several East Coast states, including Vermont, Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia, and most of Florida, will close. Some areas of New Hampshire will also end voting at this time, along with the remaining counties in Indiana and Kentucky.
- 7:30 p.m.: Polls will close in North Carolina, Ohio, and West Virginia.
- 8 p.m.: A larger number of states will shut their polls, including Maine, the remaining New Hampshire cities, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Tennessee, Illinois, Alabama, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, and most of Texas. Counties in Kansas, Michigan, North Dakota, South Dakota, and the rest of Florida will also close.
- 8:30 p.m.: Polls in Arkansas will close.
- 9 p.m.: The last counties in Michigan, Texas, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Kansas will end voting. Additionally, polls in New York, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Louisiana, Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona will close at this time.
- 10 p.m.: Polls will close in Montana, Utah, Nevada, southern Idaho, and eastern Oregon.
- 11 p.m.: The remaining polls in the contiguous U.S., including California, Washington, and the rest of Oregon and Idaho, will close.
- Midnight: Alaska and Hawaii will be the last to close, with some polling places in the Aleutian Islands remaining open until 1 a.m. ET.
While the listed times indicate when polls will close, there are exceptions based on specific locations and state regulations.
