History in the Making: Indiana and Kentucky Pioneers in U.S. Presidential Election’s First-Ever Early Voting Closures
- Voting in some areas of Indiana and Kentucky was the first to close at 6 PM Eastern Time on this day across the United States.
- Indiana and Kentucky are both strong Republican states, with 11 and 8 electoral votes, respectively.
- Among the battleground states in this presidential election, Georgia is the first to close voting at 7 PM Eastern Time and begin counting votes.
Voting to elect the 47th President of the United States began closing at 6 PM Eastern Time on the 5th.
Voting in some areas of Indiana and Kentucky was the first to close at 6 PM Eastern Time on this day across the United States.
Voting will take place for an extra hour in the two western states of Indiana and western Kentucky, both of which are governed by Central Time.
Indiana and Kentucky are both strong Republican states, with 11 and 8 electoral votes, respectively.
Among the battleground states in this presidential election, Georgia is the first to close voting at 7 PM Eastern Time and begin counting votes.
Along with Georgia, voting is closed in South Carolina, Vermont, Virginia, parts of Florida and New Hampshire.
Then, 30 minutes later, voting closes in North Carolina, another swing state.
Polls in Ohio and West Virginia also close at the same time.
If you look at the voting end times for the remaining competitive states, they are 8 PM Eastern Time in Pennsylvania, 9 PM in Michigan, Wisconsin, and Arizona, and 10 PM in Nevada.
The state where voting ends last is Alaska, which closes at 1 a.m. on the 6th, Eastern time.
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