WATCHING THE POLLS TOMORROW NIGHT: YOUR GUIDE TO STATE POLL CLOSING TIMES

So tomorrow night, when should you start tuning in to CNN, MSNBC, ABC, NBC, CBS, etc.? The answer is 6 p.m. All the networks begin their coverage then. At 7 p.m., polls in six states close and votes are counted. The following information details, by time, when state polls close and how many electoral votes are at stake, in Barack Obama's quest for the 270 he needs, to clinch the presidency.

Closing Times for Polls on Nov. 4, 2008
KEY
*solid Obama
+leaning Obama
@toss-up
$splits its electoral votes by Congressional District
(ELECTORAL VOTES IN PARENTHESES FOLLOWING STATE NAMES)

6 p.m. ET/3 P.M. PT
@Indiana (11)
Kentucky (8)

7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT
*Vermont (3)
@Florida (27)
+Virginia (13)
Georgia (15)
South Carolina (8)

7:30 p.m. ET/4:30 p.m. PT
@North Carolina (15)
West Virginia (5)
@Ohio (20)

8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT
Mississippi (6)
*Connecticut (7)
*DC (3)
*Delaware (3)
$*Maine (4)
*Maryland (10)
*Massachusetts (12)
*Michigan (17)
*New Hampshire (4)
*New Jersey (15)
*Pensylvania (21)
Tennessee (11)
Alabama (9)
*Illinois (21)
@Missouri (11)
Oklahoma (7)
South Dakota (3)
Texas (34)

8:30 p.m./5:30 p.m. PT
Arkansas (6)

9 p.m. ET/ 6 p.m. PT
*Iowa (7)
*New York (31)
*Wisconsin (10)
*Colorado (9)
*Minnesota (10)
$Nebraska (5)
Louisiana (9)
Kansas (6)
Arizona (10)
*New Mexico (5)
Wyoming (3)
*Rhode Island (4)

10 pm ET/ 7 p.m. PT
North Dakota (3)
*Oregon (7)
Utah (5)
@Nevada (5)
Montana (3)
Idaho (4)

11 pm/8 p.m. PT
*California (54)
*Washington (11)
*Hawaii (4)

1 a.m./10 p.m. PT
Alaska (3)