What time do polls open, close?

12:00 a.m: Polls open in Dixville Notch and Hart's Location, two small New Hampshire towns that compete every election to cast the first ballots.


6:00 a.m: Polls open in Virginia and Indiana. Other New Hampshire polls — which open at various times throughout the morning — begin to open. Polls also open in New York.

6:30 a.m: North Carolina, Ohio polls open

7:00 a.m: Pennsylvania, Missouri, and Florida polls open (some Florida polls open at 8 a.m.)

8:00 a.m: Polls open in Wisconsin, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, and Arizona.

9:00 a.m: Colorado, Nebraska, and New Mexico polls open.

9:45 a.m: Paul and Janna Ryan vote in Janesville, Wis.

10:00 a.m: Final New Hampshire polls open. Polls open in Nevada.

What time do polls close? (EST)

6:00 p.m: Polls close in Indiana.

7:00 p.m: Polls close in Virginia. Some polls close in Florida and New Hampshire (other polls in these states close at 8 p.m.)

7:30 p.m: Polls close in North Carolina and Ohio. Ohioans on line at 7:30 p.m. will be given provisional ballots and allowed to vote.

8:00 p.m: Polls close in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Missouri, Illinois, Massachusetts, Maine, and North Dakota.

9:00 p.m: Polls close in Colorado and Wisconsin. Polls also close in Arizona, Minnesota, New York, Nebraska, and New Mexico.

10:00 p.m: Polls close in Iowa and Nevada.

Before heading out to the polls, you should be familiar with what you will find on the ballot. Aside from voting for President (Mitt Romney or Barack Obama), you will also be asked to vote for senator and congressman (and in some districts, selectmen).