Six states are holding primaries on Tuesday, including one state with minimal mail-in and early voting, one that relies heavily on mail ballots and several that fall in between. Voters who are eager to see the results will have a few different resources to turn to, depending on their state.
Here’s a look at when results will start arriving.
Alabama
Polls in Alabama close at 7 p.m. local time (8 p.m. Eastern), and from there the election board will begin tabulating.
Alabama has a rigid early-voting policy compared to some other states. Voters need to meet certain eligibility requirements to cast absentee ballots, which include being out of their home county on Election Day, an illness or a work shift that conflicts substantially with polling hours.
Early votes will be counted first, followed by the votes cast in person on Election Day. Refer to the secretary of state’s website to check out the state’s unofficial results page.
Georgia
Early votes received by the State Election Board will be tabulated by Election Day. Most results, election officials say, will be in between 10 p.m. and midnight.
Georgia election officials have launched a competition to see which county can get their unofficial tallies in first. Curious voters can check the state’s Election Data Hub vote tracker for the results out of every county.
These results will still be unofficial until the state elections board certifies the vote, about 21 days after the election.
Idaho
Polls close in Idaho at 8 p.m. local time (10 p.m. Eastern). Absentee votes need to be delivered to county clerks’ offices, where early votes are received, by poll-closing time on Election Day. Once a critical mass of votes is in, curious voters can head to the state’s vote tracker for unofficial results on election night.
Then, on June 9, the state board of canvassers will amass the results of the election and the secretary of state will certify them.
Kentucky
Polls opened at 6 a.m. local time on Election Day. County election boards began counting absentee ballots at 8 a.m. local time; the results of these ballots won’t be publicized until after polls close, at 6 p.m. local time. Poll-closing time is also the deadline for voters to get their mail-in ballots in.
Kentucky will upload its unofficial election night results live as they are counted. These will be available on the secretary of state’s website. Counties must submit their unofficial vote tallies to the secretary of state by May 26, at which time the state will begin auditing the results to certify them.
Oregon
Oregon is a mostly mail-in state, meaning that the bulk of votes will be in by election night. But limitations on the U.S. Postal Service this year, which Oregon counts on to deliver its ballots, might mean that it will take longer to certify the results, election officials say. The secretary of state’s office will allow extra time for more mail-ins to make it in, but officials think they will still have a good idea of the unofficial tally by Wednesday morning.
Voters can check the race’s unofficial results on the elections page of the secretary of state’s website. After that, the deadline for the secretary of state to certify the election is June 25.
Pennsylvania
Unlike other states that expect their early votes to be ready first, mail-in ballots in Pennsylvania are not counted until polls open at 7 a.m., meaning that the in-person Election Day votes will come in first.
The state has a vote tracker that will go live with the unofficial results as soon as polls close, at 8 p.m. Eastern.
These results will be unofficial until certification, which occurs 21 days or more following Election Day. Counties must go through a specific process to certify their results, conducting two kinds of audits to verify that the reported results are accurate. After that, they send their results to the state to become official.
Taylor Robinson covers politics and the New York City metro area as a news assistant for The Times.
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