Election 2009 Poll Closing Times

Since last year’s list of poll closing times was a popular item, let’s do the same thing for this year. Here’s a list of everything big that’s on tap for tomorrow, organized by closing time. This way, you know when exactly to log on to watch the blow-by-blow accounts of your favorite race, or if you’re tired of the big 4, you can find something else to check out too.

7 pm ET/4 pm PT

Georgia: Atlanta mayor, several legislative special elections

South Carolina: HD-48

Virginia: Governor, Lt. Governor, Attorney General, all House of Delegates seats

7:30 pm ET/4 pm PT

North Carolina: Charlotte mayor, Chapel Hill mayor

Ohio: Issue 3 (to allow casino gambling)

8 pm ET/5 pm PT

Alabama: HD-65

Connecticut: Stamford mayor

Florida: St. Petersburg mayor, Miami mayor

Maine: Question 1 (to repeal gay marriage), Question 4 (to limit taxes)

Massachusetts: Boston mayor

Michigan: Detroit mayor, SD-19

Missouri: HD-73

New Jersey: Governor, all Assembly seats

Pennsylvania: Supreme Court (1 seat), Philadelphia DA, Pittsburgh mayor, Harrisburg mayor, Allentown mayor

Texas: Houston mayor

9 pm ET/6 pm PT

Colorado: the town of Breckinridge (popu. 2,500) is voting whether or not to legalize marijuana

Minnesota: Minneapolis mayor

New York: NY-23, New York City mayor, Nassau Co. Executive, Westchester Co. Executive

11 pm ET/8 pm PT

California: CA-10

??? *

Washington: R-71 (to keep expanded domestic partnership), I-1033 (to limit taxes), Seattle mayor, King County Executive, HD-16

(* = Washington’s historic closing time is 11 pm ET/8 pm PT, but this is an [almost] all-mail election and ballots only need to be postmarked on Tuesday, so close races may not be finalized for several days)

Got any other races you think people should pay attention to on Tuesday evening? Let us know in the comments!

18 thoughts on “Election 2009 Poll Closing Times”

  1. Not to be too difficult, but in Washington it’s all-mail, except ONE county is still a hold-out.  Pierce County (largest city being Tacoma) is the last hold-out on the all-mail system, and they still have polling places.

    8 pm is still accurate, because counties will only release results after 8 pm.  And there are several in-person voting locations in every county, and they are open until 8 pm on Tuesday.  

    I sometimes wish our system here in Washington was as good as in Oregon.  They seem to have most of the results ready to go by 8 pm.  But you don’t always have to wait for days.  I’m still shocked the Gregoire was announced as the winner so early in the Gov race this past November.

  4. Have to like the odds of legalization winning.  They collected 1400 signatures which is 56% of the population.  Also, if it passed, Breckinridge would be the first place in the country to legalize paraphernalia.

  5. I’ve tried to find the party affiliations of the candidates (damn non-partisan elections).  Based on what I’ve found, I’m rooting for the following:

    Conyers Mayor: Harvey

    Kennesaw Council Post 5: Cullins

    Marietta Mayor: Bolton

    Marietta Council Ward 5: Dodd

    Powder Springs Council 3: Hudson  

  10. St Paul mayor is also on tap along with scattered other local elections. I just voted in my local School Board election (4 candidates, 4 slots) and on a school property tax levy proposal. Big turnout so far. Nothing like a proposed property tax hike to bring out the voters.

    BTW Minneapolis’s election results tonight will be interesting. No real competitive races but they are using Instant Runoff Voting for the first time. Interested to see how it goes.

  11. Just the Virginia House of Delegates is up, not the entire General Assembly.

    Also, there’s an open House seat in New Hampshire that’s being contested by two former Republican representatives of the district, one of whom switched to the Democratic party.

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