The Green Papers
2015 Polling Hours
for Statewide offices and Congress

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Alabama
Alaska
American Samoa
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
District of Columbia
Florida
Georgia
·Tuesday 6 January 2015 Federal General Election Runoff (no Federal offices require runoffs). Polling hours 7:00a EST (1200 UTC) to 7:00p EST (0000 UTC). (cancelled)
Guam
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
·Tuesday 7 July 2015 Special Primary House CD 18. Polling hours 6:00a CDT (1100 UTC) to 7:00p CDT (0000 UTC).
·Thursday 10 September 2015 Special Election House CD 18. Polling hours 6:00a CDT (1100 UTC) to 7:00p CDT (0000 UTC).
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
·Tuesday 19 May 2015 Primary. Polling hours 6:00a EDT (1000 UTC) / 6:00a CDT (1100 UTC) to 6:00p EDT (2200 UTC) / 6:00p CDT (2300 UTC). Poll closing time could be rather problematic in KENTUCKY. A large chunk of the state is in Central Time [but the networks consider that "most of the polls have closed" in KENTUCKY by 6 PM Eastern Time and so, if they can, project at the same time they project INDIANA]. Central Time voters in KENTUCKY may note the networks' willingness/eagerness to project a winner as early as 6 PM Eastern Time.
·Tuesday 3 November 2015 General Election. Polling hours 6:00a EST (1100 UTC) / 6:00a CST (1200 UTC) to 6:00p EST (2300 UTC) / 6:00p CST (0000 UTC). Poll closing time could be rather problematic in KENTUCKY. A large chunk of the state is in Central Time [but the networks consider that "most of the polls have closed" in KENTUCKY by 6 PM Eastern Time and so, if they can, project at the same time they project INDIANA]. Central Time voters in KENTUCKY may note the networks' willingness/eagerness to project a winner as early as 6 PM Eastern Time.
Louisiana
·Saturday 24 October 2015 Open Primary. Polling hours 7:00a CDT (1200 UTC) to 8:00p CDT (0100 UTC).
·Saturday 21 November 2015 General/Runoff: Gov. Polling hours 7:00a CST (1300 UTC) to 8:00p CST (0200 UTC).
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
·Tuesday 12 May 2015 Special Non-partisan Election House CD 1. Polling hours 7:00a CDT (1200 UTC) to 7:00p CDT (0000 UTC).
·Tuesday 2 June 2015 Special Non-partisan Runoff (no offices on this website require a runoff) House CD 1. Polling hours 7:00a CDT (1200 UTC) to 7:00p CDT (0000 UTC).
·Tuesday 4 August 2015 Primary. Polling hours 7:00a CDT (1200 UTC) to 7:00p CDT (0000 UTC).
·Tuesday 25 August 2015 Primary Runoff. Polling hours 7:00a CDT (1200 UTC) to 7:00p CDT (0000 UTC).
·Tuesday 3 November 2015 General Election. Polling hours 7:00a CST (1300 UTC) to 7:00p CST (0100 UTC).
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
·Tuesday 5 May 2015 Special Election House CD 11. Polling hours 6:00a EDT (1000 UTC) to 9:00p EDT (0100 UTC).
North Carolina
North Dakota
Northern Marianas
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Puerto Rico
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virgin Islands
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming

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

Notes


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.

 
 


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