| State |
Statutory Election Information |
| Alaska |
| General Election |
| | • Tuesday after 1st Monday in November of every even-numbered year [AK Statutes 15.15.020]
(NOTE: Article V, Section 5 of the AK Constitution sets the 2nd Tuesday in October of every even-numbered year as the General Election date but also allows that "the month and day may be changed by law" [and so it has been!]) |
| Presidential Primary |
| | • (--1984) None... Presidential Primary legislation [AK Statutes 15.25.220-15.25.280] repealed, 1984 |
| State Primary |
| | • 4th Tuesday in August of every even-numbered year [AK Statutes 15.25.020] |
| Polling times |
| | • Polls open: 7 AM local time
Polls close: 8 PM local time
[AK Statutes 15.15.080(a)] |
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| Alabama |
| Presidential Primary |
| | • (--2006) Section 17-16-6. Presidential preference primaries and primary elections, except special primary elections ... shall be held on the first Tuesday in June....
• (2007--) Section 17-13-100 (a) Primary elections for the purpose of determining the preferred candidates for President of the United States shall be held the first Tuesday in February each year in which a President is to be elected beginning in the year 2008. (c) (2) Qualified electors in Mobile County, Baldwin County, and any county that recognizes Mardi Gras as a county holiday may vote in the presidential preference primary on the Wednesday preceding the first Tuesday in February. (4) When early voting is provided, votes on that day shall be counted by poll workers at the voting centers and the results shall be sealed without disclosure... such results shall remain sealed until the first Tuesday in February, when the final tabulation and canvassing shall be conducted, after which all results shall be announced at the same time. |
| State Primary |
| | • (--2006) Section 17-16-6. Presidential preference primaries and primary elections, except special primary elections ... shall be held on the first Tuesday in June.... 17-16-36.(b) If no candidate receives a majority of all of the votes cast in the primary election ... then there shall be held a second primary election on the sixth Tuesday following the primary election....
• (2006--) Section 17-13-3. Primary elections, except special primary elections and presidential preference primaries ... shall be held on the first Tuesday in June.
Section 17-13-18. (b) If no candidate receives a majority of all of the votes cast ..., then there shall be held a second primary election on the sixth Tuesday following the primary election. |
| Polling times |
| | • Code of Alabama Section 11-46-28. (a) Every polling place shall open for voting at 7:00 A.M. and shall close at 7:00 P.M. and shall remain open for voting for not less than 12 consecutive hours. All polling places in areas operating on eastern time may open and close under this section pursuant to eastern time. |
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| Arkansas |
| General Election |
| | • Tuesday next after 1st Monday in November of even-numbered years
[AR Code 7-5-102]...
(NOTE: AR Constitution- Article 3, Section 8- sets the General Election date as the 1st Monday of September "but the General Assembly may by law fix a different time"-- and, quite obviously, it has done so) |
| Presidential Primary |
| | • What the statutes call a "Preferential Primary Election" is required for the selection of delegates to any Party's quadrennial National Nominating Convention. [AR Code 7-8-201]...
[NOTE: the clear implication being that the date of the resultant Presidential Primary would be the same as that of such a "Preferential Primary Election" as stated in AR Code 7-7-203(b)] |
| State Primary |
| | • per AR Code 7-7-203(a), what the statutes call a "General Primary Election" is held on the 2nd Tuesday in June prior to the General Election.
[NOTE: this is, in fact, what would normally be called a "Runoff Election"];
per AR Code 7-7-203(b), what the statutes call a "Preferential Primary Election" is held exactly three (3) weeks prior to the so-called "General Primary Election".
[NOTE: this is, in fact, what would normally be called a "(First) Primary Election" in those States with Runoff Elections] |
| Polling times |
| | • Polls open: 7:30 AM local time
Polls close: 7:30 PM local time
[AR Code 7-5-304] |
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| American Samoa |
| General Election |
| | • Elections shall be held biennially in each even numbered year beginning on the first Tuesday following the first Monday in November ... [REVISED CONSTITUTION OF AMERICAN SAMOA, Article II, Section 5] |
| Polling times |
| | • The polls shall be opened by the district officials at 6 a.m. of the election day and shall be kept open continuously until 6 p.m. of that day. [American Samoa Code Annotated, Title 6, Chapter 07, Section 6.0701] |
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| Arizona |
| General Election |
| | • Tuesday next after 1st Monday in November of even-numbered years
[AZ Revised Statutes 16-211 (in conformity with AZ Constitution: Article 7, Section 11)] |
| Presidential Primary |
| | • (NOTE: called a "Presidential Preference Election" in the Statutes)
4th Tuesday in February of a Presidential Election year
[AZ Revised Statutes 16-241A]...however,
the Governor may- by proclamation- proclaim an earlier date provided that he/she does so prior to 150 days before the new date of the "Presidential Preference Election" as declared in his/her proclamation
[AZ Revised Statutes 16-241B] |
| State Primary |
| | • (--2007) 8th Tuesday before any General or Special Election
[AZ Revised Statutes 16-201]... except,
Local Primary may be held no later than 30 days before a scheduled municipal election.
[AZ Revised Statutes 16-203]
• (2008--) 9th Tuesday prior to a general or special election
[AZ Revised Statutes Title 16, Chapter 2, Article 1, 16-201]... except,
Local Primary may be held no later than 30 days before a scheduled municipal election.
[AZ Revised Statutes Title 16, Chapter 2, Article 1, 16-203] |
| Polling times |
| | • Polls open: 6 AM local time
Polls close: 7 PM local time
[AZ Revised Statutes 16-565A] |
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| California |
| General Election |
| | • Tuesday next after 1st Monday in November of even-numbered years
[CA Elections Code 1000e, 1200 (in conformity with CA Constitution: Article 4, Section 2(b) )] |
| Presidential Primary |
| | • (--2004) at the same time as the State Primary [1st Tuesday in March in even-numbered years (CA Elections Code 1000c, 1201a)] in Presidential Election years
[CA Elections Code 1000c, 1202]
• (2005-2007) The first Tuesday after the first Monday in June in Presidential Election years [CA Elections Code 1000c, 1202].
• (2007--) The first Tuesday in February of each year evenly divisible by the number four. [CA Elections Code 1000 (e)].
The presidential primary shall be held on the first Tuesday in February in any year evenly divisible by the number four, and shall not be consolidated with the statewide direct primary held in that year. [CA Elections Code 1201] |
| State Primary |
| | • (--2004) 1st Tuesday in March of even-numbered years
[CA Elections Code 1000c, 1201a]
• (2005--) The first Tuesday after the first Monday in June in even-numbered years. [CA Elections Code 1000c, 1201a] |
| Polling times |
| | • Polls open: 7 AM local time
Polls close: 8 PM local time
[CA Elections Code 14212] |
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| Colorado |
| General Election |
| | • Tuesday next after 1st Monday of November of even-numbered years.
[CO Revised Statutes 1-4-201 (as authorized by the revised Article VII, Section 7 of the CO Constitution which states that the date of the General Election "shall be held on such day as prescribed by law")] |
| Presidential Primary |
| | • Friday next after 1st Tuesday in March of Presidential Election years
[CO Revised Statutes 1-4-1202(1)] |
| State Primary |
| | • 2nd Tuesday in August of even-numbered years
[CO Revised Statutes 1-4-101(1)] |
| Polling times |
| | • Polls open: 7 AM local time
Polls close: 7 PM local time
[CO Revised Statutes 1-7-101] |
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| Connecticut |
| General Election |
| | • Tuesday after 1st Monday in November in even-numbered years
(CT Constitution Article 3, Section 8) |
| Presidential Primary |
| | • (--2007) 1st Tuesday of March in Presidential Election years
(CT General Statutes 9-464)
• (2007--) On the first Tuesday in February of each year in which the President of the United States is to be elected, each party shall conduct a primary in each town if the names of two or more candidates are to be placed on such party's ballot ... (CT General Statutes Section 1. Section 9-464) |
| State Primary |
| | • (--2004) CONNECTICUT utilizes a system of so-called "challenge primaries" (a term used by political scientists to describe the process but not found among the actual wording of the statutes)...
- the date of such a "challenge primary" is set for the 56th day prior to the General Election
(CT General Statutes 9-423)
- political party conventions at the state and district levels are authorized to convene no earlier than the 68th day before, and may not close later than the 50th day before, the date of the "challenge primary"
(CT General Statutes 9-383)
- if no person other than a party-endorsed candidate receives at least 15 percent of the delegate vote for any given office voted on at any political party convention, the party-endorsed candidate is declared nominated (in other words, there are no "challengers" to run against the party-endorsed candidate in a "challenge primary") and the primary election re: that office re: that political party is not held.
(CT General Statutes 9-416)
- per CT General Statutes 9-376a(1):
If the statutory primary date (the 56th day prior to the General Election) should fall on a date on which the tenets of a religion prohibit secular activity, the primary is to be moved to the next succeeding date that is not either a legal holiday or such religious holiday.
[NOTE: this appears to have been adopted to take into account the possibility that an early September primary date could, at times, conflict with the Jewish high holy days of Rosh Hashanah or (more rarely) Yom Kippur (Rosh Hashanah is a two-day religious holiday and would push the primary to the Thursday next after the 56th day prior to the General Election; Yom Kippur would push the primary to the next Wednesday)]
- per CT General Statutes 9-376a(2):
If the statutory primary date (the 56th day prior to the General Election) should fall on the Tuesday immediately following Labor Day, the primary is to be moved to the next succeeding Tuesday.
[NOTE: this is possible in years when the General Election Day falls on either 2 or 3 November: in such years, the 56th day prior to the General Election would be on 7 or 8 September, respectively- in each case, the day after Labor Day... the primary would then have to be moved back one week (to 14 or 15 September, respectively)]
• (2004--) CONNECTICUT utilizes a system of so-called "challenge primaries" (a term used by political scientists to describe the process but not found among the actual wording of the statutes)...
- the date of such a "challenge primary" is set for the on the second Tuesday in August
(CT General Statutes 9-423(a))
- political party conventions at the state and district levels are authorized to convene no earlier than the 98th day before, and may not close later than the 77th day before, the date of the "challenge primary"
(CT General Statutes 9-383)
- if no person other than a party-endorsed candidate receives at least 15 percent of the delegate vote for any given office voted on at any political party convention, the party-endorsed candidate is declared nominated (in other words, there are no "challengers" to run against the party-endorsed candidate in a "challenge primary") and the primary election re: that office re: that political party is not held.
(CT General Statutes 9-416)
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| Polling times |
| | • Polls open: 6 AM local time
Polls close: 8 PM local time
(CT General Statutes 9-174) |
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| District of Columbia |
| General Election |
| | • 1st Tuesday after the 1st Monday in November of each even-numbered year [D.C. Official Code D.C. Official Code §§ 1-1001.10(a)(3)(A); 1-1001.10(a)(3)(B); and 1-1001.10(a)(3)(C)]. |
| Presidential Primary |
| | • (2003--) ... the primary under ... shall be held on the 2nd Tuesday in January of each presidential election year. [D.C. Official Code Division I. Title 1. Chapter 10. Elections. Subchapter I. Regulation of Elections. §1-1001.01(4)] |
| State Primary |
| | • ... primary elections ... shall be held on the 1st Tuesday after the 2nd Monday in September ... [D.C. Official Code Division I. Title 1. Chapter 10. Elections. Subchapter I. Regulation of Elections. §1-1001.10(3)(A) and (C)] |
| Polling times |
| | • Polls are open from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. [D.C. Official Code § 1-1001.10(b)(1); 3 DCMR § 703.1] |
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| Delaware |
| General Election |
| | • The general election shall be held biennially on the Tuesday next after the first Monday in the month of November [State Constitution, Article V. Elections, § 1.] |
| Presidential Primary |
| | • ... a presidential primary election for major political parties shall be conducted on the first Tuesday in February in the calendar year of a presidential election. [Delaware Code, Title 15, Chapter 31, § 3181 (1)] |
| State Primary |
| | • Primary elections for all political parties shall be conducted on the second Tuesday in September. [Delaware Code, Title 15, Chapter 13, § 3101 (3)] |
| Polling times |
| | • The general election shall be opened in every election district at 7:00 in the morning... [Delaware Code, Title 15, Chapter 49, § 4931]. The election shall be continued open until 8:00 p.m. when it shall be closed... [Delaware Code, Title 15, Chapter 49, § 4947]. |
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| Florida |
| General Election |
| | • 1st Tuesday after 1st Monday in November of even-numbered years.
(FL Statutes 100.031... in conformity with FL Constitution Article VI, Section 5) |
| Presidential Primary |
| | • (--2007) 2nd Tuesday in March in each year which is a multiple of 4
(FL Statutes 103.101)
• (2008--) Last Tuesday in January in each year which is a multiple of 4
(FL Statutes 103.101) |
| State Primary |
| | • the Tuesday exactly 9 weeks before the General Election
(FL Statutes 100.061)
NOTE: Through the 2000 Elections, FLORIDA scheduled a potential "Second Primary" (that is, a runoff in all cases where no candidate achieved a majority of the vote in the Primary scheduled as above)- authorized by FL Statutes 100.091- for four weeks after the Primary (that is, 5 weeks before the General Election). In 2001, however, temporary uncodified legislation did away with this "Second Primary" for the 2002 Elections only while subsequent legislation, adopted in 2004, did away with Section 100.091 altogether. Thus, Florida no longer has a "second ballot" or runoff Primary system and has joined the majority of the States of the Union in making their Primary "first past the post" (that is, nomination by simple plurality). |
| Polling times |
| | • Polls open: 7 AM local time
Polls close: 7 PM local time
The polls shall be open at the voting places at 7:00 a.m., on the day of the election, and shall be kept open until 7:00 p.m. ... [Florida Statutes 100.011]
[NOTE: 10 counties in the western section of the so-called "Panhandle" are in the CENTRAL TIME ZONE-- the polls in these counties, therefore, open and close one hour relative to Universal Time (GMT) later than the polls in the other 57 counties of the State, which are in the EASTERN TIME ZONE] |
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| Georgia |
| General Election |
| | • Tuesday after 1st Monday in November, bienially.
(GA Constitution, Art. III, Section II, paragraph V(c) ) |
| Presidential Primary |
| | • (--2007) 1st Tuesday in March of Presidential Election years
(Official Code of GA 21-2-191)
• (2007--) As provided in this article, a presidential preference primary shall be held in 2008 and every four years thereafter for each political party or body which has cast for its candidates for President and Vice President in the last presidential election more than 20 percent of the total vote cast for President and Vice President in the state ... Such primary shall be held on February 5, 2008, and on the first Tuesday in February every four years thereafter. (Official Code of GA 21-2-191) |
| State Primary |
| | • 3d Tuesday in July in even-numbered years
(Official Code of GA 21-2-150(a) )
except:
when the above date falls during a week when one of the two Major Parties is holding its National Nominating Convention-- in which case:
2d Tuesday in July
(Official Code of GA 21-2-150(b)(1) )
or
when the above date (that in OCG 21-2-150(a) ) is in a year immediately following the release of US Census data re: the reapportionment/redistricting of Members of Congress or of the General Assembly (GA's legislature)-- in which case: next to last Tuesday in August
(Official Code of GA 21-2-150(b)(2) )
[NOTE: the provision in OCG 21-2-150(b)(2)- the August primary date- is in force in 2002; for 2004, the July primary date will- presumably- be resumed]
If no candidate should receive a majority of the vote in the primary held per the various sections of OCG 21-2-150, a "runoff" will be held on the date 21 days following the date of the State primary.
(Official Code of GA 21-2-501(a) ) |
| Polling times |
| | • At all primaries and elections the polls shall be opened at 7:00 A.M. eastern standard time or eastern daylight time, whichever is applicable, and shall remain open continuously until 7:00 P.M. eastern standard time or eastern daylight time, whichever is applicable, at which time they shall be closed; provided, however, that, in all cities having a population of 300,000 or more according to the United States decennial census of 1970 or any future such census, the polls shall remain open continuously until 8:00 P.M. eastern standard time or eastern daylight time, whichever is applicable, during the cities' general elections, at which time they shall be closed and provided, further, that, in a special election held to fill a vacancy in an office in which the district represented by such office lies wholly within the boundaries of a city, the polls shall close at the same time as for a municipal general election in such city. [Georgia Code 21-2-403] |
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| Guam |
| General Election |
| | • Tuesday next after first Monday in November in even-numbered years. [Guam Code Annotated. Title 3: Elections Chapter 5: §5101] |
| State Primary |
| | • Guam Code Annotated. Title 3: Elections Chapter 16: §16201. The primary shall be held ... on the first Saturday of September in every even-numbered year.
The Organic Act of Guam, 48 U. S. C. §1422, provides, inter alia, that "[i]f no [slate of] candidates [for Governor and Lieutenant Governor of Guam] receive[s] a majority of the votes cast in any election, ... a
runoff election shall be held." |
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| Hawaii |
| General Election |
| | • 1st Tuesday after the 1st Monday in November in even-numbered years.
(HI Constitution Article II, Section 8) |
| Presidential Primary |
| | • None. |
| State Primary |
| | • 2nd to last Saturday in September in even-numbered years.
(HI Revised Statutes 12-2) |
| Polling times |
| | • Polls open: 7 AM local time
Polls close: 6 PM local time
(HI Revised Statutes 11-131) |
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| Iowa |
| General Election |
| | • 39.1 General election. The general election shall be held throughout the state on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of each even-numbered year. [Merged Iowa Code & Supplement] |
| Presidential Primary |
| | • (for Political party precinct caucuses -Ed) Delegates to county conventions of political parties and party committee members shall be elected at precinct caucuses held not later than the fourth Monday in February of each even-numbered year. The date shall be at least eight days earlier than the scheduled date for any meeting, caucus or primary which constitutes the first determining stage of the presidential nominating process in any other state, territory or any other group which has the authority to select delegates in the presidential nomination. [Merged Iowa Code & Supplement 43.4] |
| State Primary |
| | • The primary election by all political parties shall be held ... on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in June in each even-numbered year. [Merged Iowa Code & Supplement 43.7] |
| Polling times |
| | • 49.73 Time of opening and closing polls.
1. At all elections, except as otherwise permitted by this section, the polls shall be opened at seven o'clock a.m., or as soon thereafter as vacancies on the precinct election board have been filled. On the basis of voter turnout for recent similar elections and factors considered likely to so affect voter turnout for the forthcoming election as to justify shortened voting hours for that election, the commissioner may direct that the polls be opened at twelve o'clock noon for ....
2. The polling places shall be closed at nine o'clock p.m. for state primary and general elections and other partisan elections, and for any other election held concurrently therewith, and at eight o'clock p.m. for all other elections.
[Merged Iowa Code & Supplement] |
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| Idaho |
| General Election |
| | • 1st Tuesday after 1st Monday in November in even-numbered years.
(ID Code 34-601(2) ) |
| Presidential Primary |
| | • same date as the State Primary [4th Tuesday in May in even-numbered years. (ID Code 34-601(1) ) ] in Presidential Election years.
(ID Code 34-601(4) ) |
| State Primary |
| | • 4th Tuesday in May in even-numbered years.
(ID Code 34-601(1) ) |
| Polling times |
| | • Polls open: 8 AM local time
(however, the County Clerk has the authority to open the polls in his/her County at 7 AM local time)
Polls close: 8 PM local time
(ID Code 34-1101(1) )
[NOTE: the bulk of 10 counties in the northern portion of IDAHO (the so-called "panhandle") are in the PACIFIC TIME ZONE... thus, the polling times in these counties are one hour relative to Universal Time (GMT) later than those in the other 34 counties of the State, which are in the MOUNTAIN TIME ZONE] |
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| Illinois |
| General Election |
| | • 1st Tuesday after 1st Monday in November in even-numbered years.
(IL Compiled Statutes 10-5/2A-1.1(a)... in conformity with IL Constitution Article III, Section 6) |
| Presidential Primary |
| | • (--2007) same as date of State Primary [3d Tuesday in March in even-numbered years. (IL Compiled Statutes 10-5/2A-1.1(a) )] in Presidential Election years.
(IL Compiled Statutes 10-5/7-5(a) )
• (2007--) same as date of State Primary [first Tuesday in February in even-numbered years. (IL Compiled Statutes 10-5/2A-1.1(a) )] in Presidential Election years.
(IL Compiled Statutes 10-5/7-5(a) ) |
| State Primary |
| | • (--2007) 3d Tuesday in March in even-numbered years.
(IL Compiled Statutes 10-5/2A-1.1(a) )
• (2007--) In even-numbered years ... an election to be known as the general primary election shall be held on the first Tuesday in February (IL Compiled Statutes 10-5/2A-1.1(a) ) |
| Polling times |
| | • Polls open: 6 AM local time
Polls close: 7 PM local time
(IL Compiled Statutes 10-5/17-1) |
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| Indiana |
| General Election |
| | • 1st Tuesday after 1st Monday of November in even-numbered years.
(IN Code 3-5-1-2(1) & 3-10-2-1... in conformity with IN Constitution Article 2, Section 14 (a) ) |
| Presidential Primary |
| | • Same date as the State Primary [1st Tuesday after 1st Monday in May in even-numbered years. (IN Code 3-10-1-3)] in Presidential Election years.
(implied by the setup of the Primary Ballot required by IN Code 3-10-1-19) |
| State Primary |
| | • 1st Tuesday after 1st Monday in May in even-numbered years.
(IN Code 3-10-1-3) |
| Polling times |
| | • Polls open: 6 AM local time
Polls close: 6 PM local time
(IN Code 3-11-8-8)
[NOTE: INDIANA is split between the CENTRAL (to the west) and EASTERN (to the east) TIME ZONES. Beginning in the Spring of 2006, all of INDIANA will go on Daylight Savings Time. From 1967 through 2005 the State did not observe Daylight Savings Time in the EASTERN TIME ZONE portions of the State.] |
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| Kansas |
| General Election |
| | • Tuesday succeeding 1st Monday in November in even-numbered years
[KS Constitution: Art.4, sec.2;
KS Statutes 25-101] |
| Presidential Primary |
| | • on or before the 1st Tuesday in April in Presidential Election years
(only if, by 1 November of the immediately preceding year, no "common date" shared with at least five other States holding presidential primaries or delegate selection caucuses or conventions has been adopted)
[KS Statutes 25-4501] |
| State Primary |
| | • 1st Tuesday in August in even-numbered years
[KS Statutes 25-203] |
| Polling times |
| | • Polls open: 7 AM local time
Polls close: 7 PM local time
(NOTE: counties may set different polling hours from the above only if:
- the polls are open at least 12 continuous hours
- they commence no earlier than 6 AM local time
- they end no later than 8 PM local time)
[KS Statutes 25-106] |
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| Kentucky |
| General Election |
| | • Federal: Tuesday next after first Monday in November in even-numbered years.
State: Tuesday next after first Monday in November in odd-numbered years. |
| Presidential Primary |
| | • ... the first Tuesday after the third Monday in May, in each presidential election year (KRS 118.561(1)) |
| State Primary |
| | • (KRS 118.025(3)) 1st Tuesday after 3rd Monday in May.
(KRS 118.245) (1) The candidate for office, other than the offices of Governor and Lieutenant Governor, receiving the highest number of votes in a primary election for the office for which he is a candidate shall be the nominee of his party for that office and shall receive the certificate of nomination.
(2) A slate of candidates for Governor and Lieutenant Governor that receives not less than forty percent (40%) of its party's votes cast shall be the nominee of its party for those offices and that slate of candidates shall receive the certificate of nomination; except that if two (2) slates of candidates receive forty percent (40%) or more of their party's votes, the slate receiving the higher number of votes shall be its party's nominee, and no runoff primary shall be conducted.
(KSR 118.025 (4)) A runoff primary shall be held thirty-five (35) days after the date of the May primary, if it shall be necessary, pursuant to KRS 118.245, unless that date falls on a holiday; in that case, a runoff primary shall be held on the succeeding Tuesday. However, if either a primary election is contested or a recount of the votes cast in a primary is requested, a runoff primary shall be held on the first Tuesday following the thirty-fifth day following the conclusion of any contest proceeding or recount, if it shall be necessary, unless that date falls on a holiday; in that case, a runoff primary shall be held on the succeeding Tuesday. |
| Polling times |
| | • The polls shall be opened on the day of a primary, runoff primary, special election, or regular election at 6 a.m., prevailing time, and shall remain open until each voter who is waiting in line at the polls at 6 p.m., prevailing time, has voted. (KRS 118.035(1)) |
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| Louisiana |
| General Election |
| | • Federal: Tuesday next after 1st Monday in November in even-numbered years [La. Revised Statutes 18:402B(2)] (NOTE: Because of the ruling of the Federal courts that the statutory date for the Federal Primary in Louisiana is violative of Federal statute 2 USC 7 (which the courts held requires that no one can be formally elected to Congress until the date set for the General Election, this date is used as the date of the so-called "Open Primary" for U.S. Senators and Representatives in Congress.)
State: 4th Saturday after the 2d to last Saturday in October in odd-numbered years [La. Revised Statutes 18:402A(2)] (held, between the top two vote-getters, for any office re: which no candidate received at least a majority of the vote in the Primary; thus, the General Election in Louisiana is really a Runoff) |
| Presidential Primary |
| | • (2007--) A statewide presidential preference primary election shall be held on the second Saturday in February ... except when a legal holiday falls on the second Tuesday of February, in which case, the presidential preference primary election shall be held on the third Saturday in February. [RS 18:1280.21 A.] [The legal holiday refers to Mardi Gras. -Ed] |
| State Primary |
| | • (--2006) for Federal office: 1st Saturday in October of even-numbered years [La. Revised Statutes 18:402B(1) (Note: Federal courts have ruled that this date violates Federal statute 2 USC 7 because it allows for candidates to be formally elected to Congress prior to the Tuesday next after the first Monday in November, the date set for Congressional elections by that Federal statute)
for State office: 2d to last Saturday in October of odd-numbered years [La. Revised Statutes 18:402A(1)] (this is the so-called "Open Primary" in which all candidates- regardless of Party- run against each other "all up" on one ballot; if a candidate should receive at least a majority of the total vote in this Primary, he/she is declared to have been elected and there is no election for the office in question come the General Election)
• (2007--) SENATE BILL NO. 18 §1275.2 B. (1) Congressional first party primary elections shall be held on the first Saturday in September of an election year. (2) Congressional second party primary elections shall be held on the first Saturday in October of an election year.
SENATE BILL NO. 18 §1275.14. A. In the event that no candidate receives a majority vote in the first party primary, the two candidates from each political party, who received the greatest number of votes in the first party primary shall be voted on in the second party primary. |
| Polling times |
| | • In the primary and general elections, the polls shall open at 6:00 a.m. on election day and shall close at 8:00 p.m. on election day. [RS 18:541] |
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| Massachusetts |
| General Election |
| | • Tuesday next after the first Monday in November in every even-numbered year. [The General Laws of Massachusetts Chapter 54: Section 62] |
| Presidential Primary |
| | • Presidential primaries shall be held on the first Tuesday in March in any year in which presidential electors are to be elected. [The General Laws of Massachusetts, Title VIII, Chapter 53: Section 28.] |
| State Primary |
| | • State primaries shall be held on the seventh Tuesday preceding biennial state elections and on the fourth Tuesday preceding special state elections, except that primaries before special elections for senator or representative in congress shall be held on the sixth Tuesday preceding said elections. [The General Laws of Massachusetts, Title VIII, Chapter 53: Section 28.] |
| Polling times |
| | • The polls shall in no case be kept open after eight o’clock in the evening ... the polls may be open as early as fifteen minutes before six o’clock in the forenoon, and shall be open not later than seven o’clock in the forenoon and shall be kept open at least thirteen hours. [The General Laws of Massachusetts Title VIII, Chapter 54: Section 64.]. [The polls must be open from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Some municipalities may open their polls as early as 5:45 a.m. -Ed] |
|
| Maryland |
| General Election |
| | • [Election Law § 8-301] (a) (1) There shall be a statewide general election in each even-numbered year. (2) A statewide general election shall be held on the Tuesday following the first Monday in November. |
| Presidential Primary |
| | • (--2007) [Election Law §8–201] (a) (2) A primary election shall be held: (ii) in the year in which the President of the United States is elected, on the first Tuesday in March.
• (2007--) [Election Law §8–201] (a) (2) A primary election shall be held: (ii) in the year in which the President of the United States is elected, on the first Tuesday in February. |
| State Primary |
| | • [Election Law §8–201] (a)(1) There shall be a statewide primary election in every even-numbered year. (2) A primary election shall be held:
(i) in the year in which the Governor is elected, on the second Tuesday after the first Monday in September. |
| Polling times |
| | • [Election Law §10-301.(a)] ... a polling place shall be open from 7 a.m. until 8 p.m. |
|
| Maine |
| State Primary |
| | • 2nd Tuesday of June of each general election year [Title 21-A, Chapter 5, Subchapter 1, section 339] |
| Polling times |
| | • 1. Opening time flexible. The polls must be opened no earlier than 6 a.m. and no later than 9 a.m. on election day; except that in municipalities with a population of less than 4,000, the polls must be opened no later than 10:00 a.m. on election day.
2. Closing time fixed. The polls must be closed at 8 p.m. on election day, except in municipalities of population less than 100 which may close the polls after all registered voters have voted. [Title 21-A, Chapter 9, Subchapter 1, Article 2, §626] |
|
| Michigan |
| General Election |
| | • 1st Tuesday after the 1st Monday in November in even-numbered years
[MI Constitution Art.II, sec. 5] |
| Presidential Primary |
| | • (--2007) 4th Tuesday in February in Presidential Election years [MI Act 116 of 1954-168.613a (1)]
A political party that received 5% or less of the total vote cast nationwide for the office of president in the last presidential election shall not participate in the presidential primary election. [MI Act 116 of 1954-168.613a (2)]
• (2007--) ... a presidential primary shall be conducted under this act on January 15, 2008, and on the fourth Tuesday in February in each following presidential election year. [MI Act 116 of 1954-168.613a (1)]
... If the secretary of state determines that all participating political parties are using a method other than the results of the January 15, 2008 presidential primary, the secretary of state shall cancel the presidential primary ... [MI Act 116 of 1954-168.613a (2)]
A political party that received less than 20% of the total vote cast in this state for the office of president in the last presidential election shall not participate in the presidential primary. [MI Act 116 of 1954-168.613a (3)] |
| State Primary |
| | • Tuesday immediately following the 1st Monday in August next preceding a General Election for a given office for which candidates are to be nominated in the Primary
[MI Act 116 of 1954-168.534] |
| Polling times |
| | • Polls open: 7 AM
Polls close: 8 PM
[Act 116 of 1954-168.720]
(NOTE: per Act 116 of 1954-168.721, the above hours are specifically tied to Eastern Time; however, any county in the Central Time Zone may, by local option, apply the above hours using the prevailing local time in that county; as a practical matter, and for all intents and purposes, it may be assumed that the statutory polling times are "local time" in any event, regardless of Time Zone) |
|
| Minnesota |
| General Election |
| | • The state general election shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November in each even-numbered year. [204D.03 Subdivision 2] |
| State Primary |
| | • The state primary shall be held on the first Tuesday after the second Monday in September in each even-numbered year. [204D.03 Subdivision 1] |
| Polling times |
| | • ... at the state primary and the state general election the hours for voting in every precinct in the state shall begin at 7:00 a.m. and shall extend continuously until 8:00 p.m. [204C.05, Minnesota Statutes 2006 Subdivision 1.]
The governing body of a town with less than 500 inhabitants ... may fix a later time for voting to begin at state primary, special, or general elections ... The later time may not be later than 10:00 a.m. [204C.05, Minnesota Statutes 2006 Subd. 1a.]
An unorganized territory or unorganized territories which ... may have shorter voting hours if at least 20 percent of the registered voters ... sign a petition for shorter hours ... The later time may not be later than 10:00 a.m. [204C.05, Minnesota Statutes 2006 Subd. 1b.] |
|
| Missouri |
| General Election |
| | • 1st Tuesday after 1st Monday in November in even-numbered years
[MO Revised Statutes 115.121.1] |
| Presidential Primary |
| | • (--2007) ... an election for a presidential primary held pursuant to sections 115.755 to 115.785 shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in March of each presidential election year. [MO Revised Statutes 115.123.2]
• (2007--) A statewide presidential preference primary shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in February of each presidential election year. [MO Revised Statutes 115.755] |
| State Primary |
| | • 1st Tuesday after 1st Monday in August in even-numbered years
[MO Revised Statutes 115.121.2] |
| Polling times |
| | • Polls open: 6 AM
Polls close: 7 PM
[MO Revised Statutes 115.407] |
|
| Northern Marianas |
| General Election |
| | • First Saturday in November in odd-numbered years. |
|
| Mississippi |
| General Election |
| | • Federal: Tuesday next after first Monday in November in even-numbered years.
State: Tuesday next after first Monday in November in odd-numbered years. |
| Presidential Primary |
| | • A presidential preference primary may be held on the second Tuesday in March of each year in which a President of the United States is to be elected.
(Mississippi Code Ann. § 23-15-1081.) |
| State Primary |
| | • The first primary shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of August preceding any regular or general election; and the second primary shall be held three (3) weeks thereafter. Any candidate who receives the highest popular vote cast for the office which he seeks in the first primary shall thereby become the nominee of the party for such office; provided also it be a majority of all the votes cast for that office. If no candidate receive such majority of popular votes in the first primary, then the two (2) candidates who receive the highest popular vote for such office shall have their names submitted as such candidates to a second primary, and the candidate who leads in such second primary shall be nominated to the office. When there is a tie in the first primary of those receiving next highest vote, these two (2) and the one (1) receiving the highest vote, none having received a majority, shall go into the second primary, and whoever leads in such second primary shall be entitled to the nomination. (Mississippi Code Ann. § 23-15-191)
... the first primary election for Congressmen shall be held on the first Tuesday in June of the years in which congressmen are elected, and the second primary, when one is necessary, shall be held three (3) weeks thereafter. Each year in which a presidential election is held, the congressional primary shall be held as provided in Section 23-15-1081 (second Tuesday in March -Ed). (Mississippi Code Ann. § 23-15-1031)
... when a political party elects to conduct a presidential preference primary, the first primary election for congressmen, and senators, if senators are to be elected, shall be held on the second Tuesday in March, and the second primary, when one is necessary, shall be held three (3) weeks thereafter ... (Mississippi Code Ann. § 23-15-1083) |
| Polling times |
| | • (1972--) At all elections, the polls shall be opened at seven o'clock in the morning and be kept open until seven o'clock in the evening and no longer. [Mississippi Code Ann. §23-15-541 (1972); Mississippi Const.1890, §102] |
|
| Montana |
| General Election |
| | • 13-1-104. Times for holding general elections. (1) (a) Except as provided in subsection (1)(b), a general election must be held throughout the state in every even-numbered year on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November .... [Montana Code Annotated] |
| Presidential Primary |
| | • 13-10-401. ... a presidential preference primary election will be held on the same day as the primary provided for in 13-1-107 [the first Tuesday after the first Monday in June]. [Montana Code Annotated] |
| State Primary |
| | • 13-1-107. Times for holding primary elections. (1) On the first Tuesday after the first Monday in June preceding the general election provided for in 13-1-104(1), a primary election shall be held throughout the state. [Montana Code Annotated] |
| Polling times |
| | • 13-1-106. Time of opening and closing of polls for all elections -- exceptions. (1) Polls must be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m., except polling places having fewer than 200 registered electors, which must be open from noon to 8 p.m. .... [Montana Code Annotated] |
|
| North Carolina |
| General Election |
| | • On Tuesday next after the first Monday in November in the year 1968, and every four years thereafter, or on such days as the Congress of the United States shall direct.... [NCGA General Statutes - Chapter 163. § 163-1. c.] |
| Presidential Primary |
| | • (1992--) On the Tuesday after the first Monday in May, 1992, and every four years thereafter, the voters of this State shall be given an opportunity to express their preference for the person to be the presidential candidate of their political party. [NCGA General Statutes - Chapter § 163‑213.2.] |
| State Primary |
| | • On Tuesday next after the first Monday in May preceding
each general election to be held in November [NCGA General Statutes - Chapter 163. § 163-1. b.] |
| Polling times |
| | • Hours for voting. In every election, the voting place shall be open at 6:30 A.M. and shall be closed at 7:30 P.M. In extraordinary circumstances, the
county board of elections may direct that the polls remain open
until 8:30 P.M. [NCGA General Statutes - Chapter 163. § 163-166.01.] |
|
| North Dakota |
| General Election |
| | • The general election must be held in all the election districts of this state on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of each even-numbered year. [NDCC § 16.1-13-01] |
| State Primary |
| | • Second Tuesday in June [NDCC § 16.1-11-01] |
| Polling times |
| | • The polls at all primary, general, and special elections must be opened at nine a.m. or at such earlier hour, but not earlier than seven a.m., that may be designated for any precinct by resolution of the governing body of the city or county in which such precinct is located except that in precincts in which seventy-five or fewer votes were cast in the last general election, the governing body may direct that the polls be opened at twelve noon. They must remain open continuously until seven p.m. or such later hour, not later than nine p.m., as may be designated for a precinct by resolution of the governing body of the city or county in which the precinct is located. [NDCC § 16.1-01-03] |
|
| Nebraska |
| General Election |
| | • The statewide general election shall be held on the first Tuesday following the first Monday in November in each even-numbered year. [State of Nebraska Statutes Section 32-403] |
| Presidential Primary |
| | • The statewide primary election shall be held on the first Tuesday after the second Monday in May in even-numbered years. The statewide primary election shall be held for the purposes of ... (2) electing delegates to the county, state, and national political party conventions, if applicable, (3) in each presidential election year, voting on a preference for President of the United States, ... [State of Nebraska Statutes Section 32-401] |
| State Primary |
| | • The statewide primary election shall be held on the first Tuesday after the second Monday in May in even-numbered years. The statewide primary election shall be held for the purposes of (1) nominating all candidates to be voted for at the statewide general election except (a) candidates who were unopposed at the primary election and not required to be on the ballot and (b) candidates who petition on the ballot or are nominated by their political party, ... [State of Nebraska Statutes Section 32-401] |
| Polling times |
| | • Polls open: 8:00a Central time, 7:00 AM Mountain time.
Polls close: 8:00p Central time, 7:00 PM Mountain time.
[State of Nebraska Statutes 32-908 (1): "Polls; when opened and closed."] |
|
| New Hampshire |
| General Election |
| | • The state general election shall be held on the first Tuesday following the first Monday in November of every even-numbered year. [RSA 653:7] |
| Presidential Primary |
| | • (--2007) The presidential primary election shall be held on the second Tuesday in March or on a Tuesday selected by the secretary of state which is 7 days or more immediately preceding the date on which any other state shall hold a similar election, whichever is earlier, of each year when a president of the United States is to be elected or the year previous. [RSA 653:9]
• (2007--) The presidential primary election shall be held on the second Tuesday in March or on a date selected by the secretary of state which is 7 days or more immediately preceding the date on which any other state shall hold a similar election, whichever is earlier, of each year when a president of the United States is to be elected or the year previous. [RSA 653:9] [The law no longer requires the primary to be held on a Tuesday in the year of the Presidential election. -Ed] |
| State Primary |
| | • The state primary election shall be held on the second Tuesday in September of every even-numbered year. [RSA 653:8] |
| Polling times |
| | • Hours of Polling in Municipalities. – At all state elections in towns and cities the polls shall open not later than 11 o'clock in the morning and shall close not earlier than 7 o'clock in the evening. In cities, the city council shall determine the polling hours no later than 30 days prior to a state election. [RSA 659:4] |
|
| New Jersey |
| General Election |
| | • Federal: Tuesday next after first Monday in November in even-numbered years.
State: Tuesday next after first Monday in November in odd-numbered years. [N.J.S.A. 19:2-3] ... the Secretary of State may change the date ... if the date coincides with a period of religious observance ... the secretary shall inform the ... boards of election of the adjustment no later than the first working day in January of the year in which the adjustments are to occur. (A3186, 25 September 2008) [19:2-1] |
| Presidential Primary |
| | • (2005-2007) The last Tuesday in February in Presidential election years (A30, SB1297 / S2402, 7 July 2005) [19:2-1]
• (2007-2008) The first Tuesday in February in Presidential election years (S2193, 1 April 2007) [19:2-1]
• (2009--) Presidential primary elections ... shall be held in each presidential year on the Tuesday next after the first Monday in February ... the Secretary of state may change the date ... if the date coincides with a period of religious observance ... the secretary shall inform the ... boards of election of the adjustment no later than the first working day in January of the year prior ...
(A3186, 25 September 2008) [19:2-1] |
| State Primary |
| | • (1968--) The Tuesday immediately following the first Monday in June in even-numbered years. [19:2-1] ... the Secretary of State may change the date ... if the date coincides with a period of religious observance ... the secretary shall inform the ... boards of election of the adjustment no later than the first working day in January of the year in which the adjustments are to occur. (A3186, 25 September 2008) [19:2-1] |
| Polling times |
| | • 19:15-2. The district boards shall open the polls for such election at 6:00 A.M. and close them at 8:00 P.M., and shall keep them open during the whole day of election between these hours; except that for a school election the polls shall be open between the hours of 5:00 P.M. and 9:00 P.M. and during any additional time which the school board may designate between the hours of 7:00 A.M. and 9:00 P.M. [New Jersey Permanent Statutes] |
|
| New Mexico |
| General Election |
| | • NM Const. Art. XX, Sec. 6. General elections shall be held in the state on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November in each even-numbered year. |
| Presidential Primary |
| | • 1-8-54. Presidential primary; date of election. In the year in which the president and vice president of the United States are to be elected, the registered voters of this state shall be given an opportunity to express their preference for the person to be the presidential candidate of their party in either a presidential primary election or in accordance with the selection procedure for presidential candidates of each voter's party. The presidential primary election shall be held on the same date as the primary election is held in this state. [Statutory Chapters in New Mexico Statutes Annotated 1978] |
| State Primary |
| | • 1-8-11. Primary Election Law; time of holding primary. A primary election shall be held in each county in this state on the first Tuesday in June of each even-numbered year. [Statutory Chapters in New Mexico Statutes Annotated 1978] |
| Polling times |
| | • 1-12-1. Conduct of election; opening and closing of polls. Polls shall be opened at 7:00 a.m. on the date required by law for the election and shall be closed at 7:00 p.m. on the same day. [Statutory Chapters in New Mexico Statutes Annotated 1978] |
|
| Nevada |
| General Election |
| | • A general election must be held throughout the State on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November in each even-numbered year. [NRS 293.12755] |
| State Primary |
| | • The primary election must be held on the 12th Tuesday before the general election in each even-numbered year. [NRS 293.175 1.] |
| Polling times |
| | • ... the polls must open at 7 a.m. and close at 7 p.m. [NRS 293.273 1.] |
|
| New York |
| General Election |
| | • The general election shall be held annually on the Tuesday next
succeeding the first Monday in November. [CHAPTER SEVENTEEN OF THE CONSOLIDATED LAWS, ELECTION LAW, Article 8, Title 1, Section 8-100. 1. (c)] |
| Presidential Primary |
| | • (--2007) In each year in which electors of president and vice president of the United States are to be elected an additional primary election, to be known as the spring primary, shall be held on the first Tuesday in March unless otherwise changed by an act of the legislature, for the purpose of electing delegates to the national convention, members of state and county committees and assembly district leaders and associate assembly district leaders. [CHAPTER SEVENTEEN OF THE CONSOLIDATED LAWS, ELECTION LAW, Article 8, Title 1, Section 8-100. 1. (a)]
• (2007--) In each year in which electors of president and vice president of the United States are to be elected, an additional primary election, to be known as the winter primary, shall be held on the first Tuesday in February unless otherwise changed by an act of the legislature, for the purpose of electing delegates to the national convention. [CHAPTER SEVENTEEN OF THE CONSOLIDATED LAWS, ELECTION LAW, Article 8, Title 1, Section 8-100. 1. (a)] |
| State Primary |
| | • A primary election, to be known as the fall primary, shall be held on the first Tuesday after the second Monday in September before every general election unless otherwise changed by an act of the legislature [CHAPTER SEVENTEEN OF THE CONSOLIDATED LAWS, ELECTION LAW, Article 8, Title 1, Section 8-100. 1. (a)] |
| Polling times |
| | • Polls shall be open for voting during the following hours: a primary election from twelve o’clock noon until nine o’clock in the evening, except in the city of New York and the counties of Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester, Rockland, Orange, Putnam and Erie, and in such city or county from six o’clock in the morning until nine o’clock in the evening; the general election CONDUCT OF ELECTIONS 8-102 from six o’clock in the morning until nine o’clock in the evening; a special election called by the governor pursuant to the public officers law, and, except as otherwise provided by law, every other election, from six o’clock in the morning until nine o’clock in the evening.
[CHAPTER SEVENTEEN OF THE CONSOLIDATED LAWS, ELECTION LAW, Article 8, Title 1, Section 8-100. 2.] |
|
| Ohio |
| General Election |
| | • Tuesday next after 1st Monday in November
(State and County elective officals chosen in even-numbered years;
local elective officials chosen in odd-numbered years)
[OH Constitution: Article XVII, Section 1] |
| Presidential Primary |
| | • at the same time as the State Primary (Tuesday next after 1st Monday in March) in Presidential Election years
[OH Revised Code 3513.12] |
| State Primary |
| | • Tuesday next after 1st Monday in May of non-Presidential Election years;
Tuesday next after 1st Monday in March of Presidential Election years
[OH Revised Code 3513.01(A)] |
| Polling times |
| | • Polls open: 6:30 AM local time
Polls close: 7:30 PM local time
[OH Revised Code 3501.32] |
|
| Oklahoma |
| General Election |
| | • Tuesday next after 1st Monday in November of even-numbered years
[OK Statutes 26-1-101] |
| Presidential Primary |
| | • (--2003) 2d Tuesday in March of Presidential Election years
[OK Statutes 26-20-101]
• (2003--) A. A Presidential Preferential Primary for recognized political parties shall be held on the first Tuesday in February in each of the years in which the President and Vice President of the United States are to be elected.
B. If one or more states having a mutual boundary with this state establish a single date for a regional primary, the State Election Board is authorized to change the date of the Oklahoma primary to the date established for the regional primary
[OK Statutes 26-20-101] |
| State Primary |
| | • (--2003) 4th Tuesday in August of even-numbered years
[OK Statutes 26-1-102]
(if no candidate receives a majority of the vote in the State Primary:
Runoff-- 3d Tuesday in September following State Primary
[OK Statutes 26-1-103])
• (2007--) A Primary Election shall be held on the last Tuesday in July of each even-numbered year... [OK Statutes 26-1-102]
If ... no candidate ... receives a majority ... the two candidates receiving the highest number of votes ... shall be placed on the ... ballot ... at a Runoff Primary Election to be held on the fourth Tuesday of August ... [OK Statutes 26-1-103]) |
| Polling times |
| | • Polls open: 7 AM local time
Polls close: 7 PM local time
(OK Statutes 26-7-104[A]) |
|
| Oregon |
| General Election |
| | • Tuesday next after 1st Monday in November of even-numbered years
[OR Revised Statutes 254.056(1)] |
| Presidential Primary |
| | • at the same time as the State Primary [3d Tuesday in May (OR Revised Statutes 254.056(2)] in Presidential Election years
[implied by the language of OR Revised Statutes 248.315(1)] |
| State Primary |
| | • 3d Tuesday in May of even-numbered years
[OR Revised Statutes 254.056(2)]
For non-partisan offices only: If a candidate receives a majority of the vote in the May primary, that candidate is elected. Otherwise, the top two vote getters go to a runoff in November. [OR Revised Statutes 249.088] |
| Polling times |
| | • The polls shall be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. [Oregon Revised Statutes 254.325(1)] |
|
| Pennsylvania |
| General Election |
| | • Tuesday next after 1st Monday in November of even-numbered years
[Unconsolidated PA Statutes 25-2751] |
| Presidential Primary |
| | • at the same time as the State Primary in Presidential Election years (4th Tuesday in April... but see NOTE re: State Primary)
[Unconsolidated PA Statutes 25-2753(a)] |
| State Primary |
| | • even-numbered years...
3d Tuesday in May of non-Presidential Election years;
4th Tuesday in April of Presidential Election years
[Unconsolidated PA Statutes 25-2753(a)...
(NOTE: the 2000 State Primary [and, by extension (see above), PA's Presidential Primary] was specifically set for 4 April, which was the 1st Tuesday in April of that year, in section 25-2753(b1))] |
| Polling times |
| | • Polls open: 7 AM local time
Polls close: 8 PM local time
[Unconsolidated PA Statutes 25-3045] |
|
| Puerto Rico |
| General Election |
| | • Tuesday next after first Monday in November in even-numbered years. |
|
| Rhode Island |
| General Election |
| | • A meeting of the electors ... shall be held biennially in the even years on the Tuesday next after the first Monday in November ... [General Laws of RI 17-18-5] |
| Presidential Primary |
| | • (1996--) 1st Tuesday in March of Presidential Election years
[General Laws of RI 17-12.1-1] |
| State Primary |
| | • 2d Tuesday after 1st Monday in September of even-numbered years
[General Laws of RI 17-15-1].
Party designation. – (a) Whenever any person registers to vote, that person may designate his or her party affiliation, or that person may designate that he or she is not affiliated with any political party. ... (c) Whenever any person participates [votes -Ed] in a party primary, that act shall serve as identifying the person as being affiliated with the party...
[General Laws of RI 17-9.1-23] |
| Polling times |
| | • Elective meetings ... shall be opened for the purpose of voting at the hours specified for each particular city or town as designated in the specific time ... (polls open 7 am to 9 am by location; as late as 12 noon by location for Presidential Primaries -Ed) [General Laws of RI 17-18-10].
Elective meetings in all cities and towns shall be continuously kept open for voting until 9 p.m. [General Laws of RI 17-18-11, also 17-15-28].
|
|
| South Carolina |
| General Election |
| | • Tuesday next after 1st Monday in November of even-numbered years
[Code of Laws of SC 7-13-10] |
| Presidential Primary |
| | • NOTE: State Committee of Party wishing to hold a Presidential (either Preference or Advisory) Primary alone determines the date and polling hours of same
[Code of Laws of SC 7-11-20 & 7-11-25] |
| State Primary |
| | • 2d Tuesday in June of even-numbered years
[Code of Laws of SC 7-13-15 (7-13-40)]
"Second Primary" (a "runoff" where no candidate in the Primary has received at least a majority of the vote): two weeks after the State Primary (that is, the 4th Tuesday in June of even-numbered years)
[Code of Laws of SC 7-13-50 (7-13-40)] |
| Polling times |
| | • Polls open: 7 AM local time
Polls close: 7 PM local time
The polls must be opened at seven o'clock a.m. and closed at seven o'clock p.m. the day of election and must be held open during these hours without intermission or adjournment. [Code of Laws of SC 7-13-60] |
|
| South Dakota |
| General Election |
| | • Tuesday next after the 1st Monday in November of even-numbered years
[SD Codified Laws 12-2-2] |
| Presidential Primary |
| | • at the same time as the State Primary [1st Tuesday in June of even-numbered years (SD Codified Laws 12-2-1)] in Presidential Election years
[SD Codified Laws 12-5-3.11-- which provides that, in the absence of any other method of choosing National Convention delegates and alternates by a Party, said positions shall be elected in the State Primary] |
| State Primary |
| | • 1st Tuesday in June of even-numbered years
[SD Codified Laws 12-2-1].
If no candidate for United States Senate, congressman, or Governor in a race involving three or more candidates receives thirty-five percent of the votes of his party, a secondary election shall be held two weeks from the date of the first primary election. At the secondary election the only persons voted for shall be the two candidates receiving the highest number of votes at the first election.
[SD Codified Laws 12-6-51.1]. |
| Polling times |
| | • Polls open: 7 AM local time
Polls close: 7 PM local time
12-2-3. Opening and closing times for polls--Voters in line at closing time. At each election to be held under this title, the polls shall be opened at the hour of seven a.m. and remain continuously open until seven p.m., standard time or daylight savings time, whichever is in effect. [SD Codified Laws 12-2-3] |
|
| Tennessee |
| General Election |
| | • 1st Tuesday after 1st Monday in November in even-numbered years
[TN Constitution Art.II, sec.7 re: members of both houses of the General Assembly; TN Constitution Art. III, sec. 2 specifically mandates that the Governor be chosen at the same time as members of the General Assembly in the General Election immediately preceding the end of the incumbent Governor's term of office] |
| Presidential Primary |
| | • (--2003) 2d Tuesday in March of Presidential Election years
[TN Code 2-13-205]
• (2003-2007) On the second Tuesday in February before presidential electors are elected, a presidential preference primary shall be held for each statewide political party.
[TN Code 2-13-205]
• (2007--) On the first Tuesday in February before presidential electors are elected, a presidential preference primary shall be held for each statewide political party.
[TN Code 2-13-205] |
| State Primary |
| | • 1st Thursday in August
[TN Code 2-13-202]
(NOTE: this date happens to be the one set aside for that known as the "regular August election" at which "judicial and other civil officers" are elected per TN Constitution Art. VII, sec. 5 and TN Code 2-3-202; TN Code 2-13-202 mandates the nomination of State and Federal officers at this "regular August election") |
| Polling times |
| | • polls open: no later than 8 AM local time in the more populous counties
(in all counties, polls must be open no less than 10 continuous hours);
no polling place in the State may be open more than 13 continuous hours
polls close: 8 PM local time in the Eastern Time Zone;
7 PM local time in the Central Time Zone
[TN Code 2-3-201] |
|
| Texas |
| Presidential Primary |
| | • 1st Tuesday in March of Presidential Election years
[TX Election Code 41.007(c)] |
| State Primary |
| | • "General Primary": 1st Tuesday in March of even-numbered years
[TX Election Code 41.007(a)]
"Runoff Primary" (re: races in which no candidate has received a majority of the vote in the "General Primary"): 2d Tuesday in April of even-numbered years
[TX Election Code 41.007(b)] |
| Polling times |
| | • Polls open: 7 AM local time
Polls close: 7 PM local time.
[41.031(a) Voting Hours] |
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| Utah |
| General Election |
| | • A regular general election shall be held throughout the state on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of each even-numbered year. [UT Code 20A-1-201(1)] |
| Presidential Primary |
| | • (--2006) Friday next after 1st Monday in March of Presidential Election years
[UT Code 20A-9-802(1)(a)]
• (2006--) There is established a Western States Presidential Primary election to be held on the first Tuesday in February in the year in which a presidential election will be held. [UT Code 20A-9-802(1)(a)] |
| State Primary |
| | • 4th Tuesday in June of even-numbered years
[UT Code 20A-9-403(1)(a)] |
| Polling times |
| | • Opening and closing of polls on election day. (1) Polls at all elections on the date of the election shall open at 7 a.m. and shall remain open until 8 p.m. of the same day. [UT Code 20A-1-302] |
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| Virginia |
| General Election |
| | • Federal: Tuesday next after first Monday in November in even-numbered years.
State: Tuesday next after first Monday in November in odd-numbered years. |
| Presidential Primary |
| | • (2004--) Primaries for the nomination of candidates for the office of President of the United States to be voted on at the November 2004 general election, and the November general election in each presidential election year thereafter, shall be held on the second Tuesday in February preceding the November general election. [Code of Virginia § 24.2-544.A] |
| State Primary |
| | • (2004--) Primaries for the nomination of candidates for offices to be voted on at the general election date in November shall be held on the second Tuesday in June next preceding such election, except that beginning with the year 2004 and in presidential election years thereafter, primaries to choose among presidential candidates may be held as provided below in Article 7 (§ 24.2-544 et seq.) of this chapter on the second Tuesday in February. Primaries for the nomination of candidates for offices to be voted on at the general election date in May shall be held on the first Tuesday in March next preceding such election, except that beginning with the year 2004 and in presidential election years thereafter, primaries for the nomination of candidates for offices to be voted on at the general election date in May shall be held as described below in Article 7 of this chapter on the second Tuesday in February. [Code of Virginia § 24.2-515] |
| Polling times |
| | • Hours polls to be open; closing the polls. At all elections, the polls shall be open at each polling place at 6:00 a.m. on the day of the election and closed at 7:00 p.m. on the same day. [Code of Virginia § 24.2-603] |
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| Virgin Islands |
| General Election |
| | • ... Thereafter the general elections shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, beginning with the year 1956, and every two years thereafter. [U.S. Code Title 48,Chapter 12, Subchapter III, §1576]
§1422. Governor; Lieutenant Governor: Powers, duties. The executive power of Guam shall be vested in an executive officer whose official title shall be the "Governor of Guam". The Governor of Guam, together with the Lieutenant Governor, shall be elected by a majority of the votes cast by the people who are qualified to vote for the members of the Legislature of Guam. The Governor and Lieutenant Governor shall be chosen jointly, by the casting by each voter of a single vote applicable to both offices. If no candidate receives a majority of the votes cast in any election, on the fourteenth day thereafter a runoff election shall be held between the candidates for Governor and Lieutenant Governor receiving the highest and second highest number of votes cast. The first election for Governor and Lieutenant Governor shall be held on November 3, 1970. Thereafter, beginning with the year 1974, the Governor and Lieutenant Governor shall be elected every four years at the general election. The Governor and Lieutenant Governor shall hold office for a term of four years and until their successors are elected and qualified.
No person who has been elected Governor for two full successive terms shall again be eligible to hold that office until one full term has intervened.
§1712. Election of Delegates. (a) The Delegate shall be elected by the people qualified to vote for the members of the legislature of the territory he is to represent at the general election of 1972, and thereafter at such general election every second year thereafter. The Delegate shall be elected at large, by separate ballot and by a majority of the votes cast for the office of Delegate. If no candidate receives such majority, on the fourteenth day following such election a runoff election shall be held between the candidates receiving the highest and the second highest number of votes cast for the Office of Delegate. In case of a permanent vacancy in the office of Delegate, by reason of death, resignation, or permanent disability, the office of Delegate shall remain vacant until a successor shall have been elected and qualified. |
| State Primary |
| | • Party primary elections shall be held in the Virgin Islands on the second Saturday of September for the purpose of choosing candidates for nomination to public offices to be voted for at the ensuing general election. [Title 18 Chapter 11 §232] |
| Polling times |
| | • At all primaries and elections, the polls shall be open from 7:00 a.m., until 7:00 p.m. [Title 18 Chapter 21 Subchapter §555] |
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| Vermont |
| Presidential Primary |
| | • 1st Tuesday in March of Presidential Election years
[VT Statutes 2701] |
| State Primary |
| | • 2d Tuesday in September of even-numbered years
[Vt. Statutes 2351] |
| Polling times |
| | • ... the polls shall open no earlier than 5:00 a.m. and no later than 10:00 a.m. as set by the board of civil authority in each town unless the board of civil authority has elected to open the polls earlier than 6:00 a.m. as provided in section 2494 of this title. The polls in all polling places shall close at 7:00 p.m. [Vt. Statutes 2561] |
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| Washington |
| General Election |
| | • Tuesday next after 1st Monday in November
[Revised Code of [before 2007: WA 29.13.010; beginning in 2007: RCW 29A.04.321,
in accordance with WA Constitution: Article II, Section 5] |
| Presidential Primary |
| | • 4th Tuesday in May of Presidential Election years... however, the Secretary of State may propose an alternative date no later than 1 August of the preceding year
[Revised Code of WA 29.19.020(1) RCW 29A.56.020(1)]... or
a Major Party state committee may propose an alternative date no later than 1 September of the preceding year
[Revised Code of WA 29.19.020(2) RCW 29A.56.020(2)]... provided
that any such alternative date then be approved by two-thirds vote of a committee- one consisting of the Secretary of State (who chairs said committee), the chair and vice-chair of each Major Party and the Party leaders of each house of the Legislature- no later than 1 October of the preceding year.
[Revised Code of WA 29.19.020(3) RCW 29A.56.020(3)] |
| State Primary |
| | • (--2006) 3d Tuesday in September or 7th Tuesday next preceding the General Election, whichever occurs first
[Revised Code of WA 29.13.070]
• (2007--) 3rd Tuesday in August [RCW 29A.04.311] |
| Polling times |
| | • Polls open: 7 AM local time
Polls close: 8 PM local time
[Revised Code of WA 29.13.080, Recodified RCW 29A.44.070 effective 1 July 2004] |
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| Wisconsin |
| General Election |
| | • "General election" means the election held in even−numbered
years on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November to elect United States senators, representatives in congress, presidential electors, state senators, representatives to the assembly, district attorneys, state officers other than the state superintendent and judicial officers, and county officers other than supervisors and county executives. [WI Statutes 5.02(5)] |
| Presidential Primary |
| | • "Spring primary" ... held on the 3rd Tuesday in February ... to express preferences for the person to be the presidential candidate for each party in a year in which electors for president and vice president are to be elected. [WI Statutes 5.02(22)] |
| State Primary |
| | • 2d Tuesday in September
[WI Statutes 10.78(4)(c)1]
• "Spring primary" ... held on the 3rd Tuesday in February to nominate nonpartisan candidates ... and to express preferences for the person to be the presidential candidate for each party in a year in which electors for president and vice president are to be elected. [WI Statutes 5.02(22)]
"Spring election" ... held on the first Tuesday in April to elect ... nonpartisan ... [WI Statutes 5.02(21)] |
| Polling times |
| | • The polls at every election shall be open from 7 a.m. until 8 p.m. [WI Statutes 6.78(1m)] |
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| West Virginia |
| General Election |
| | • Tuesday next after the 1st Monday in November
[WV Constitution: Article IV, Section 7] |
| Presidential Primary |
| | • at the same time as the State Primary [2d Tuesday in May of even-numbered years (WV Code 3-5-1)] in Presidential Election years
[WV Code 3-5-3] |
| State Primary |
| | • 2d Tuesday in May of even-numbered years
[WV Code 3-5-1] |
| Polling times |
| | • Polls shall be opened in each precinct on the day of such election at six-thirty o'clock in the forenoon and be closed at seven-thirty o'clock in the evening. [West Virginia Code §3-1-31. Days and hours of elections.] |
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| Wyoming |
| General Election |
| | • Tuesday next after 1st Monday in November of even-numbered years
[WY Statutes 22-2-104(a)] |
| State Primary |
| | • Tuesday next after 3d Monday in August of even-numbered years
[WY Statutes 22-2-104(b)] |
| Polling times |
| | • Polls open: 7 AM local time
Polls close: 7 PM local time
[WY Statutes 22-13-101] |
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