{"id":320137,"date":"2026-11-03T09:30:07","date_gmt":"2026-11-03T09:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/320137\/"},"modified":"2026-11-03T09:30:07","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T09:30:07","slug":"what-time-do-polls-open-and-close-in-pennsylvania-for-todays-midterms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/320137\/","title":{"rendered":"What time do polls open and close in Pennsylvania for today&#8217;s midterms?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pennsylvania voters will head to the polls Tuesday for the 2026 midterm elections, with polling places across the commonwealth open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what voters need to know about voting hours, identification requirements and registration deadlines before Election Day.<\/p>\n<p>What time do polls open in Pennsylvania?<\/p>\n<p>Polls open at 7 a.m. Tuesday across Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pa.gov\/agencies\/vote\/voter-support\/new-voters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">According to the state&#8217;s voting guidelines<\/a>, first-time voters and those voting at a new polling place must bring a photo or non-photo ID.<\/p>\n<p>The state says the busiest times to vote are typically in the morning and evening.<\/p>\n<p>What time do polls close in Pennsylvania?<\/p>\n<p>Polling places close at 8 p.m. Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Voters who are in line by 8 p.m. will still be allowed to cast their ballots.<\/p>\n<p>When does voter registration start and end for the 2026 midterm elections in Pennsylvania?<\/p>\n<p>The deadline to register to vote in Pennsylvania was Oct. 19.<\/p>\n<p>State law mandates that voters must register at least 15 days before an election. Eligible residents could register online, by mail or in person through designated government offices.<\/p>\n<p>\n          More from CBS News\n        <\/p>\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pennsylvania voters will head to the polls Tuesday for the 2026 midterm elections, with polling places across the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":320138,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29,1824],"class_list":["post-320137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news","tag-voting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=320137"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320137\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/320138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=320137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=320137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=320137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}