Election Day - Tuesday, March 5, 2024
Polls are open 6:30 am until 7:30 pm
Voters should go to their assigned polling place to vote. Find yours using the Voter Lookup Tool.
Voter ID
Voters will now be asked to present a valid photo identification when voting in person.
If you do not have a valid photo ID card on Election Day, you may still vote and have your vote counted by signing an affidavit of reasonable impediment (or “Photo ID Exception Form”) as to why you have not presented a valid photo ID. The Exception Form can also be used if you have a religious objection to being photographed or are a victim of a recently declared natural disaster.
As an alternative, if you don’t have your ID with you when you vote, you can still vote and then bring your valid photo ID to your county board of elections by 5 pm March 14.
A list of all types of ID that can be used for voting is available on the State Board of Elections Voter ID webpage.
Voter Turnout
Curious about election day turnout? On election day, each precinct reports the total number of voters that have checked in at 10:00 am, 2:00 pm, 4:00 pm, and at the close of polls. Those numbers are shared as we receive them.
10, 2, 4 Turnout Spreadsheet
Unofficial Election Results
Unofficial election results will be posted on the state’s website election night. Absentee results will be released when the polls close.
Previously, county boards of elections could tabulate early voting results before the close of polls, then report those results almost immediately at 7:30 p.m. on election night. Under changes made in Session Law 2023-140 (Section 29), county boards must wait until 7:30 p.m. to “close the polls” on early voting tabulators and begin the process of counting and reporting results of ballots cast during the early voting period. This process will take an estimated 30 to 60 minutes before early voting results will appear on the results dashboard.
Election day results will be uploaded periodically throughout the evening as they arrive at the Board of Elections office.
Election Results Dashboard
Election Day Meeting
The board will meet at 5:00 pm on March 5 for the election day meeting. During this meeting the absentee results will be tabulated. Be mindful that the results will not be released until the polls are closed. At 7:30 pm, the early voting tabulators will be closed and the results tabulated.
This is a public meeting and will be live streamed via Zoom.
After Election Day
Sample Audit Count
We will conduct a sample audit count of two precincts on Thursday, March 7, at 9:00 am in the Board of Elections office. The sample audit is a public meeting and will be live streamed via Zoom.
What is a sample audit count?
The sample audit count is a test to ensure voting equipment reads the voter’s choices accurately. It compares the machine counts with hand-to-eye counts conducted by election officials in randomly selected voting sites. The sample audit count is open to the public and is completed before canvass.
The hand-to-eye counts required for this process are not recounts, although they are similar processes.
The day after the election, the State Board of Elections informs each county of their assigned contest and the two randomly selected samples (Election Day precinct, early voting site, or absentee by mail ballots) to audit.
For a presidential election, the contest audited is always the presidential contest.
Selected ballots are hand-counted by a bipartisan team of trained volunteers. The hand-counted results are compared to the tabulated results and any variances are noted.
Provisional Ballots
Following election day, our staff works to research the eligibility of voters who cast provisional ballots. These findings are presented to the board for consideration during the pre-canvass meeting.
Absentee Ballots
Absentee ballots that are received in the Board of Elections office by 7:30 pm on election day are eligible to be counted. These ballots will be considered during the pre-canvass meeting.
Pre-Canvass and Canvass Meetings
A pre-canvass meeting will be held on Thursday, March 14 at 9:00 am. At this meeting the board will consider absentee ballots received on election day as well as provisional ballots.
Canvass will be held on Friday, March 15 at 11:00 am. It is during this meeting that OFFICIAL election results will be released.
Both of these meetings are open to the public and will be live streamed via Zoom.