2009 Poll Closing Times - General Election Alphabetically

The Green Papers
2009 Poll Closing Times
for Statewide offices and Congress
General Election Alphabetically

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3 November 2009 General Election Alphabetically
3 November 2009 General Election Chronologically

	UTC	Eastern	Central	Mountain	Pacific	Alaska	Hawaii
Tuesday 3 November 2009
California	0400 UTC	11:00p EST	10:00p CST	9:00p MST	8:00p PST	7:00p AKST 6:00p ALST	6:00p HIST
New Jersey	0100 UTC	8:00p EST	7:00p CST	6:00p MST	5:00p PST	4:00p AKST 3:00p ALST	3:00p HIST
New York ^*S	0200 UTC	9:00p EST	8:00p CST	7:00p MST	6:00p PST	5:00p AKST 4:00p ALST	4:00p HIST
Virginia	0000 UTC	7:00p EST	6:00p CST	5:00p MST	4:00p PST	3:00p AKST 2:00p ALST	2:00p HIST

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.

New York Special Election: Polls close synchronously at 9:00p EST (0200 UTC). Polls are open from 6:00a to 9:00p in NYC and the counties of Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester, Rockland, Orange, Putnam and Erie. All other counties, polls are open from 12:00 noon - 9:00p.

Time zone abbreviations

UCT: Universal Coordinated Time, Greenwich England
AST: Atlantic Standard Time, UCT - 4 hours
EST: Eastern Standard Time, UCT - 5 hours
EDT: Eastern Daylight Time, UCT - 4 hours
CST: Central Standard Time, UCT - 6 hours
CDT: Central Daylight Time, UCT - 5 hours
MST: Mountain Standard Time, UCT - 7 hours
MDT: Mountain Daylight Time, UCT - 6 hours
PST: Pacific Standard Time, UCT - 8 hours
PDT: Pacific Daylight Time, UCT - 7 hours
AKST: Alaska Standard Time, UCT - 9 hours
AKDT: Alaska Daylight Time, UCT - 8 hours
ALST: Aleution Standard Time, UCT - 10 hours
ALDT: Aleution Daylight Time, UCT - 9 hours
HIST: Hawaii Time, UCT - 10 hours
MPST: Northern Marianas Time, UCT + 10 hours
GUST: Guam Time, UCT + 10 hours
VIST: Virgin Islands Time, UCT - 4 hours
ASST: American Samoa Time, UCT - 11 hours
m: midnight
a: AM
p: PM