The Green Papers: 2021 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 5 January 2021
Georgia - Senate Class 2 Runoff and Senate Class 3 Special Runoff Election 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
Tuesday 16 February 2021
Wisconsin - Spring Primary	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
Saturday 20 March 2021
Louisiana - Special Election CDs 2 and 5	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 6 April 2021
Wisconsin - Spring Election	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
Saturday 24 April 2021
Louisiana - Special Runoff CD 2	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
Saturday 1 May 2021
Texas - Special Election House CD 6	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 1 June 2021
New Mexico - Special Election CD 1	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 8 June 2021
Virginia - Primary	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
New Jersey - Primary	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 27 July 2021
Texas - Special Runoff CD 6 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 3 August 2021
Ohio - Special Primary - CDs 11 and 15	2330 UTC	7:30p EDT 6:30p EST	6:30p CDT	5:30p MDT 4:30p MST	4:30p PDT	3:30p AKDT 2:30p HADT 1:30p HAST	7:30p AST 9:30a ChST 12:30p SST
Tuesday 14 September 2021
California - Special Gubernatorial Recall Election	0300 UTC	11:00p EDT 10:00p EST	10:00p CDT	9:00p MDT 8:00p MST	8:00p PDT	7:00p AKDT 6:00p HADT 5:00p HAST	11:00p AST 1:00p ChST 4:00p SST
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	UTC	Eastern	Central	Mountain	Pacific	Alaska Hawaii	Atlantic Chamorro Samoa

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.

2021 General Election Outline

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