Four states are holding primary elections on Tuesday, with voters casting ballots for governor, U.S. Senate, U.S. House and various state and local races. The timing of the results will vary. Some states predict races could be called soon after the polls close; elsewhere, results could come days later.
Here’s a breakdown for each state.
South Carolina
Polls in South Carolina close at 7 p.m. Eastern. At that point, county officials will begin tabulating votes; curious voters can check the unofficial tallies here. Results will most likely come in by midnight on Tuesday, according to election officials.
County canvassers will send their vote counts to the state, where the state board of canvassers must certify the vote 15 days after Election Day.
Maine
Maine uses a ranked-choice voting system, meaning voters will mark their chosen candidates for governor, Senate and House and other offices on their ballots in order of preference.
If no candidate receives a majority in the initial count, votes will be tabulated in rounds, with the lowest-ranked candidates eliminated in each round until there are only two candidates left. The one who is determined to have received a majority of the votes in the final round is declared the winner.
Because of the crowded slates in some races, results may not be determined for days.
In the Democratic Senate primary, Gov. Janet Mills, who suspended her campaign in April, will still appear on the ballot, meaning Mainers may still vote for her.
Polls close at 8 p.m. Eastern. The Maine secretary of state has 30 days after the election to certify the results. Voters can watch for results here.
Nevada
Nevada is a mail-in voting state, meaning that all registered voters are sent a mail ballot. Although a bulk of votes will be in by Tuesday, ballots postmarked by Election Day will still be counted if they arrive as late as Saturday, June 13. Election officials say it could take days for results to become clear.
That said, the Nevada secretary of state will begin posting unofficial results once polls close at 7 p.m. local time and county officials start tabulating ballots. (Note that most of Nevada observes Pacific time, but a portion of eastern Nevada is on Mountain time, and voting locations there will close an hour earlier.) Voters can follow the results as they come in here.
North Dakota
Since North Dakota has a standardized system of ballot tabulation — all polling locations in all counties use the same machines — results are likely to come in not long after polls close. North Dakota also straddles two time zones, Central and Mountain, so some locations will stay open for an extra hour. All polls will be closed by 9 p.m. local time (11 p.m. Eastern).
Voters can check out The New York Times’s results page here once polls close. These results will be unofficial until the North Dakota secretary of state certifies the vote, about 20 days after the election.
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