Handy Map: Poll Closing Times Nationwide

— By Jonathan Stein

| Tue Nov. 4, 2008 7:42 AM PST

From the pros over at Swing State Project. Click the map to head over to their site, where they have key Senate and House races broken down by poll closing time.

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Also, for a photo diary of voting lines across the country, check out Open Left.

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Submitted by Yeppy (not verified) on Tue Nov. 4, 2008 9:21 AM PST.

So - is it a sign of progressiveness that Iowa polls stay open so much longer than Indiana? What's the deal with closing your polls at 5pm?

Submitted by Gary (not verified) on Tue Nov. 4, 2008 10:27 AM PST.

Yeppy, you are mistaken. Indiana is on EST (at least the red part is) so their polls close at 6 PM local.

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