The Green Papers: 2025 Poll Closing Times for Statewide offices and Congress Primary/Runoff/Special Elections Chronologically

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This chart reflects the poll closing times used by the networks and other media outlets on Election Night. There is an "unenforced pledge" to not project a winner in a state until that state's polls have closed (which, to the media, means "most of the state's polls have closed").

Below the chart is an outline of potential difficulties which may occur where a state spans time zones. (Poll closing times are extended for voters still in line when the hour of poll closing has arrived.)

	UTC	Eastern	Central	Mountain	Pacific	Alaska Hawaii	Atlantic Chamorro Samoa
Tuesday 28 January 2025
Florida - Special Primary US House CDs 1 and 6 (EST) ^*A reportedly	0000 UTC	7:00p EST	6:00p CST	5:00p MST	4:00p PST	3:00p AKST 2:00p HAST	8:00p AST 10:00a ChST 1:00p SST
Florida - Special Primary US House CDs 1 and 6 (CST) ^*A reportedly	0100 UTC	8:00p EST	7:00p CST	6:00p MST	5:00p PST	4:00p AKST 3:00p HAST	9:00p AST 11:00a ChST 2:00p SST
Tuesday 18 February 2025
Wisconsin - Spring Primary reportedly	0200 UTC	9:00p EST	8:00p CST	7:00p MST	6:00p PST	5:00p AKST 4:00p HAST	10:00p AST 12:00p ChST 3:00p SST
Tuesday 1 April 2025
Florida - Special Election US House CDs 1 and 6 (EDT) ^*A reportedly	2300 UTC	7:00p EDT 6:00p EST	6:00p CDT	5:00p MDT 4:00p MST	4:00p PDT	3:00p AKDT 2:00p HADT 1:00p HAST	7:00p AST 9:00a ChST 12:00p SST
Florida - Special Election US House CDs 1 and 6 (CDT) ^*A reportedly	0000 UTC	8:00p EDT 7:00p EST	7:00p CDT	6:00p MDT 5:00p MST	5:00p PDT	4:00p AKDT 3:00p HADT 2:00p HAST	8:00p AST 10:00a ChST 1:00p SST
Wisconsin - Spring Election reportedly	0100 UTC	9:00p EDT 8:00p EST	8:00p CDT	7:00p MDT 6:00p MST	6:00p PDT	5:00p AKDT 4:00p HADT 3:00p HAST	9:00p AST 11:00a ChST 2:00p SST
Tuesday 3 June 2025
New Jersey - Primary reportedly	0000 UTC	8:00p EDT 7:00p EST	7:00p CDT	6:00p MDT 5:00p MST	5:00p PDT	4:00p AKDT 3:00p HADT 2:00p HAST	8:00p AST 10:00a ChST 1:00p SST
Tuesday 17 June 2025
Virginia - Primary reportedly	2300 UTC	7:00p EDT 6:00p EST	6:00p CDT	5:00p MDT 4:00p MST	4:00p PDT	3:00p AKDT 2:00p HADT 1:00p HAST	7:00p AST 9:00a ChST 12:00p SST
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Alabama Alaska American Samoa Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Georgia Guam Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Northern Marianas Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Puerto Rico Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virgin Islands Washington West Virginia Wyoming	(no activity)
	UTC	Eastern	Central	Mountain	Pacific	Alaska Hawaii	Atlantic Chamorro Samoa

Notes

Polling places in states that span multiple time zones will close either synchronously or asynchronously.

(Note ^*S) With synchronized closing, all the polls close at the same GMT/UTC time. For states with multiple time zones-- when polls close in the advanced local time zone, they will close one hour earlier in the lagging local time zone.
(Note ^*A) With asynchronous closing, the polls close at different GMT/UTC times in different parts of the state. Media outlets might decide to declare a winner before all the polls have closed.

Florida Special Primary US House CDs 1 and 6: Polls reportedly close asynchronously on Tuesday 28 January 2025 at 7:00p EST (0000 UTC) / 7:00p CST (0100 UTC). Relatively small portions of this state are in CT and so the vast majority of the polls are closed by the time indicated ET.

Florida Special Election US House CDs 1 and 6: Polls reportedly close asynchronously on Tuesday 1 April 2025 at 7:00p EDT (2300 UTC) / 7:00p CDT (0000 UTC). Relatively small portions of this state are in CT and so the vast majority of the polls are closed by the time indicated ET.

Time zone abbreviations

UTC: Coordinated Universal Time (Greenwich England)
AST: Atlantic Standard Time (Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands), UTC - 4 hours
EST: Eastern Standard Time, UTC - 5 hours
EDT: Eastern Daylight Time, UTC - 4 hours
CST: Central Standard Time, UTC - 6 hours
CDT: Central Daylight Time, UTC - 5 hours
MST: Mountain Standard Time, UTC - 7 hours
MDT: Mountain Daylight Time, UTC - 6 hours
PST: Pacific Standard Time, UTC - 8 hours
PDT: Pacific Daylight Time, UTC - 7 hours
AKST: Alaska Standard Time, UTC - 9 hours
AKDT: Alaska Daylight Time, UTC - 8 hours
HAST: Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time, UTC - 10 hours
HADT: Hawaii-Aleutian Daylight Time (Hawii does not observe daylight time), UTC - 9 hours
ChST: Chamorro Standard Time (Guam, Northern Marianas), UTC + 10 hours
SST: Samoa Standard Time, UTC - 11 hours
m: midnight
a: AM
p: PM

Primary dates marked "presumably" and polling times marked "reportedly" are based on unofficial or estimated data (especially as regards local variations from a jurisdictionwide statutory and/or regulatory standard) and are, thereby, subject to change.

2025 General Election Outline

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