Poll Closing Times for Tomorrow

[Yael]

Vermont: 7pm EST
Ohio: 7:30pm EST
Texas: 8pm EST (caucus begins at 8:15 EST)
Rhode Island: 9pm EST


Edit -- Ohio is 7:30, not 7pm

[grantcart]

1. thank you

its good to start with vermont

Its odd that Ohio would close so early - isn't that 6:00 local time?

[Qutzupalotl]

3. Ohio is Eastern time. nt

[TexasObserver]

2. Rhode Island! Out of step since Roger Williams.

Just can't get it done in 12 hours.

[Bucky]

4. Nice try, Yael. Clinton's supporters are supposed to vote in Wednesday's follow up primary!

[Yael]

8. In all 4 states?

Cool! Thanks for the heads up.

:rofl:

[meow mix]

5. expect some drama in OHIO, concerning clevland.....

its in play for obama and the count could go to wed morning. new ballet and procedures

[MadBadger]

6. The Page says Texas Closes at 9PM ET

[Yael]

9. Texas is in both central and mountain times

I forgot to mention that.

[babylonsister]

13. Hmmm. I just got a call from Obama

and he told me the caucus starts at 7pm, which means that's when the polls would close, which is what I've heard. That's also what the local paper says here in Houston.

[Yael]

14. I would run with what your local paper says over what is on the net.

[CaliforniaDemocrat]

7. Tweety said Ohio closed at 7:30 pm, and the mountain time half of texas closes an hour later

[Yael]

11. Theres always one

Tweety is an idiot.

Every Clinton/Obama ad for the state has said 7p CST for polls closing, 7:15 to convention (caucus).

Every news outlet has repeated the same.

4 - The polls close across Texas at 7pm local time. Most of Texas is in the central time zone, with the exception of some west Texas areas (e.g. El Paso) which are in the mountain time zone. The Texas secretary of state's office says it will begin reporting results immediately after 7pm central time. These results will be available at http://enr.sos.state.tx.us/enr/

http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/news/politics/blog/2008/03/how_texas_will_mess_with_the_o.html

[JimGinPA]

10. I Thought Ohio Closed At 7:30

K&R

[Yael]

12. Yep -- that one is 7:30

Took some digging -- everything I saw referenced 19:00.

Researched on Ohio Polls Close 7:30 and found:

The Ohio primary election is Tuesday. Polls open at 6:30 a.m. and close at 7:30 p.m. If you are still standing in line at your polling location at 7:30 p.m., poll workers must give you the opportunity to vote.

http://africa.reuters.com/world/news/usnN02284541.html

From South Africa no less. LOL!

[grantcart]

15. well shit now I have to contact my doctor and have my meds completely rescheduled

[usregimechange]

16. Kicking because I have been looking for these

[jsamuel]

17. Parts of Western Texas don't close until 9EST