How will US Election Day unfold?

Tens of millions of People will head to polling cubicles on Tuesday to solid their ballots within the 2024 presidential election, by which Democratic candidate Kamala Harris and her Republican rival, Donald Trump, are locked in a good race.

There are 230 million eligible voters, however solely about 160 million of them are registered. Practically half of the 50 states in the US, nevertheless, enable on-the-day registration whereas residents can vote with out registering in North Dakota.

Greater than 70 million folks have already voted via postal ballots or at early in-person polling stations.

Voters will even elect 34 US senators (out of 100) and all 435 members for the US Home of Representatives. Moreover, gubernatorial races will happen in 11 states and two territories (Puerto Rico and American Samoa).

The US stretches throughout six time zones. Utilizing US East Coast time (ET), voting will begin as early as 5am (10:00 GMT) on Tuesday and go as late as 1am (06:00 GMT) on Wednesday.

We break down when polls open and shut throughout the states:

5am ET (10:00 GMT)

Polls open at completely different occasions from state to state. The earliest voting will begin effectively earlier than daybreak in some municipalities in Vermont.

6am ET (11:00 GMT)

Polls open in Connecticut, New Jersey, New York and Virginia. Some polls in Indiana and Kentucky additionally open.

In Maine, polls open from 6am ET to 10am ET (15:00 GMT) relying on the municipality pointers. In New Hampshire, polls open from 6am ET to 11am ET (16:00 GMT).

6:30am ET (11:30 GMT)

Polls open within the battleground state of North Carolina in addition to the purple states of Ohio and West Virginia. States that historically again Republicans are known as purple states.

7am ET (12:00 GMT)

Polls open in Delaware, the District of Columbia, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and South Carolina.

Some polls in Indiana, Florida, Kansas, Kentucky and Michigan additionally open presently. In Tennessee, voting begins from 7am ET to 10am ET (15:00 GMT) relying on the municipality.

Georgia is a essential swing state. Within the 2020 election, Democrat Joe Biden received by 0.2 share factors over Trump, making it the narrowest margin of victory that yr.

From 1972 to 2016, Republican candidates would often sweep Georgia. Nonetheless, races have turn out to be tighter within the state not too long ago as a consequence of demographic modifications.

8am ET (13:00 GMT)

Polls open in Alabama, Arizona, Iowa, Minnesota, Mississippi, Oklahoma and Wisconsin. Some polls in Florida, Kansas, Michigan, South Dakota and Texas additionally open presently.

In North Dakota, voting begins from 8am ET to 11am ET (15:00 GMT) relying on the municipality.

Arizona not too long ago turned a swing state when Biden defeated Trump by 0.3 share factors 4 years in the past. From 1952 to 2016, the Republican presidential candidate received in Arizona with one exception – Democrat Invoice Clinton when he ran towards Republican Robert Dole in 1996.

8am ET (13:30 GMT)

Arkansas begins voting.

9am ET (14:00 GMT)

Folks begin casting ballots in Colorado, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming. Polls additionally open presently in some components of South Dakota, Oregon and Texas and for the New Shoreham municipality in Rhode Island.

In Idaho, polls open from 9am ET to 11am ET (16:00 GMT) relying on the municipality.

10am ET (15:00 GMT)

Voting begins in California and Nevada in addition to some components of Oregon. In Washington, polls open from 10am ET to midday ET (17:00 GMT) relying on the municipality.

11am ET (16:00 GMT)

Some polls open in Alaska, a state with two time zones. The state’s different polls open at midday ET (17:00 GMT)

12pm ET (17:00 GMT)

Polls open in Hawaii.

Polls begin to shut at 6pm ET (23:00 GMT)

Some polls in Indiana and Kentucky shut.

7pm ET (00:00 GMT)

Polls shut in six states: Georgia, South Carolina, Vermont, Virginia, and the rest of Indiana and Kentucky.

Trump disputed the 2020 Georgia election end result. He was later indicted on expenses of election interference there. False claims about election fraud within the swing state on this election are already circulating.

Indiana, Kentucky and South Carolina are leaning in direction of Trump whereas Virginia and Vermont are anticipated to go to Harris.

7:30pm ET (00:30 GMT on Wednesday)

Polls shut in Ohio, North Carolina and West Virginia.

In 2020 in North Carolina, Trump received the battleground state by 1.3 share factors over Biden, and in 2016, Trump received the state by 3.6 share factors over Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton.

From 1980 to 2020, Republicans have received in North Carolina in each election besides 2008 when Democrat Barack Obama received towards John McCain by 0.3 share factors.

Ohio and West Virginia have traditionally voted Republican, and a Trump win is predicted within the two states.

8pm ET (01:00 GMT on Wednesday)

Polls shut in Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Washington and the District of Columbia.

Most polls in Michigan and Texas additionally shut presently.

Pennsylvania is a swing state that Biden received by 1.2 share factors in 2020. In 2016, Trump received towards Clinton by 0.7 share factors.

After a Democratic win in 1976, Republicans swept the state from 1980 to 1988. From 1992 to 2012, Democrats received Pennsylvania.

8:30pm ET (01:30 GMT on Wednesday)

Polls shut in Arkansas, marking a conclusion of voting in half of the US states.

Arkansas is predicted to go to Trump as a result of Republicans have received comfortably within the state from 2000 to 2020.

9pm ET (02:00 GMT on Wednesday)

Polls shut in 15 states: Arizona, Colorado, Iowa, Louisiana, Kansas, Minnesota, Michigan, New Mexico, New York, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas, Wisconsin and Wyoming.

These embrace three swing states: Arizona, Michigan and Wisconsin.

From 1976 to 2020, Republicans have received in Arizona each election besides 1996 and 2020. In 2020, Biden beat Trump by 0.3 share factors. In 2016, Trump beat Clinton by 3.6 share factors.

From 1992 to 2020, Michigan has swung blue for Democrats each election besides 2016 when Trump beat Clinton by 0.2 share factors. In 2020, Biden beat Trump within the state by 2.8 share factors. However US assist for Israel’s conflict on Gaza may flip the sizeable variety of Arab American voters within the state in direction of Trump or the Inexperienced Social gathering’s Jill Stein.

Wisconsin has additionally traditionally turned blue, doing so in each election from 1988 to 2020 besides in 2016 when Trump defeated Clinton by 0.7 share factors. In 2020, Biden received the state by 0.7 share factors.

10pm ET (03:00 GMT on Wednesday)

Polls shut in Montana, Nevada and Utah.

Montana and Utah are anticipated to go to Trump. Nevada, nevertheless, is a swing state.

Whereas Republicans received the state from 1976 to 1988, Democrats have received there since 2008. In 2020, Biden received by 2.4 share factors. In 2016, Clinton beat Trump by 2.4 share factors.

11pm ET (04:00 GMT on Wednesday)

Polls shut in California, Idaho, Oregon and Washington.

California is essentially the most populous US state, and it’s anticipated to go to Harris, who’s from California and has represented the state within the US Senate and served as its legal professional common.

From 1992 to 2020, Democrats have received comfortably in California.

Oregon and Washington are additionally more likely to see a Harris victory whereas Idaho is predicted to go to Trump.