Election Day

The day has arrived.

The 2018 midterm elections.

I invite readers to comment, as they normally would like, but I really want to encourage comments which will have a focus on the day’s elections.

Here, listed in order of population rank, and on Eastern Time (because of broadcast- and cable-news coverage), is a timeline for when states’ polls will be closing [if you want local information, here is a source: State Poll Opening and Closing Times (2018) ]:

Source: PBS image. (Date is uncertain but is applicable here in 2018.)

07:00 p.m. ET

 • Georgia
 • Virginia
 • Indiana
 • South Carolina
 • Kentucky
 • Vermont

07:30 p.m. ET

 • Ohio
 • North Carolina
 • West Virginia

08:00 p.m. ET

 • Florida
 • Pennsylvania
 • Illinois
 • New Jersey
 • Massachusetts
 • Tennessee
 • Missouri
 • Maryland
 • Alabama
 • Oklahoma
 • Connecticut
 • Mississippi
 • Maine
 • New Hampshire
 • Rhode Island
 • Delaware
 • District of Columbia

08:30 p.m. ET

 • Arkansas

09:00 p.m. ET

 • Texas
 • New York
 • Michigan
 • Arizona
 • Wisconsin
 • Colorado
 • Minnesota
 • Louisiana
 • Kansas
 • Nebraska
 • New Mexico
 • South Dakota
 • North Dakota
 • Wyoming

10:00 p.m. ET

 • Iowa
 • Utah
 • Nevada
 • Montana

11:00 p.m. ET

 • California
 • Washington
 • Oregon
 • Idaho
 • Hawaii

01:00 a.m. ET

 • Alaska