Golden Finance reported that on November 5th at 6 PM Eastern Time (7 AM Beijing Time on November 6th), except for a few congressional district polling places, Indiana and Kentucky gradually closed their polling stations, becoming the two states to end voting the earliest in the 2024 U.S. presidential election, with vote counting immediately beginning. November 5th local time is the official voting day for the U.S. presidential election; due to time zone differences and varying state regulations, the voting end times differ across states. The latest state to end voting is Alaska, which concluded at 1 AM Eastern Time on November 6th (2 PM Beijing Time on November 6th). Hawaii is the second to last state to end voting, closing at 12 AM Eastern Time on November 6th (1 PM Beijing Time on November 6th).