What Time Do Polls Close?

Voting will end starting at 6 p.m. Eastern in Kentucky, as Election Day wraps up.

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A polling location at a middle school in Richmond, Va., on Tuesday.

Polls in states with major elections will close on Tuesday across a three-hour period nationwide, beginning at 6 p.m. Eastern time in Kentucky and ending at 9 p.m. Eastern time in Colorado, New York and parts of Texas.

Results are expected shortly afterward. Follow along with live coverage from The New York Times.

Here is an overview of when the first polls for local and statewide elections will close in certain states, using Eastern time:

6 p.m.

Parts of Kentucky in the Eastern time zone.
7 p.m.

Virginia and parts of Kentucky in the Central time zone.
7:30 p.m.

Ohio.
8 p.m.

Connecticut, Maine, Mississippi, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and parts of Texas in the Central time zone.
9 p.m.

Colorado, New York and parts of Texas in the Mountain time zone.