Five states are holding primaries on Tuesday. Here’s when to expect results.
Michigan
Voting in Michigan is decentralized, meaning each county presides over its own system.
The polls close for most of the state at 8 p.m. Eastern time. Major cities like Detroit, which is part of Wayne County, may still be receiving large numbers of absentee ballots at that hour. Officials say most counties could have their unofficial results in by midnight on Tuesday, but late ballot deliveries in larger jurisdictions could delay the results until early Wednesday morning. They caution that it could take as long as 24 hours before all unofficial results are in.
Most of Michigan is in the Eastern time zone, but four counties are on Central time and their polling locations will close an hour later than the rest of the state’s. After polls close across the state and each county uploads its results, you can check the numbers on The Times’s results tracker.
These results will remain unofficial until Aug. 24, the deadline for Michigan’s Board of State Canvassers to certify the vote.
Virginia
The top county and local election officials in Virginia, called general registrars, will enter results as they come in after polls close at 7 p.m. Eastern. Election officials anticipate that most results will be in by late Tuesday or early Wednesday morning.
Follow along with our unofficial results tracker of Virginia’s vote tally.
All results are unofficial until the election is certified by the State Board of Elections on Aug. 18.
Missouri
Once polls close at 7 p.m. local time (8 p.m. Eastern), Missouri’s jurisdictions will begin sending in unofficial results. Officials anticipate that results will come more slowly from the larger precincts — such as those in Missouri’s most populous county, St. Louis — and those with more cumbersome equipment.
Officials expect at least a partial report from most jurisdictions by around 10 or 11 p.m. local time (11 p.m. or midnight Eastern).
The Times has a tracker for Missouri’s unofficial votes as they come in; follow along here. Official results won’t come until the morning of Aug. 25, when the state’s board of canvassers is set to meet to certify the results.
Kansas
Unofficial results will start coming in after polls close at 7 p.m. local time (8 p.m. Eastern). Election officials noted two factors that might delay results. First, each county chooses its own ballot tabulation methods, meaning some results might come later than others. Second, four Kansas counties are in the Mountain Daylight time zone rather than Central, so polling places there will close an hour later than the rest of the state.
Officials predict all counties will have their unofficial results up on their websites by the end of the night. Follow along with the results as they come in with The Times’s tracker.
The state Board of Canvassers will convene by Sept. 1 to certify the vote.
Washington
Washington is one of several states that send mail ballots to all registered voters, and election officials expect the first round of unofficial results soon after 8 p.m. local time (11 p.m. Eastern).
The state is holding top two primaries for various races, which means that all candidates are listed on the same ballot, regardless of party, and the top two vote-getters will advance to the general election.
In a typical election, most or all counties report initial unofficial results around 8:30 p.m. local time (11:30 p.m. Eastern), though this depends on how many ballots are turned in early. In close races, election officials warn, it can take several days to know the final result.
You can visit The Times’s unofficial vote tracker here.
On Aug. 21, the secretary of state’s office will certify the consolidated statewide totals and the primary results will be official.
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