At 18:00 EST on November 5th (7:00 Beijing time on the 6th), except for individual congressional constituencies, Indiana and Kentucky in the United States closed their polling stations one after another, becoming the first two states to end voting in the 2024 US Presidential Election, and the counting of votes began immediately. The 5th local time is the official polling day of the US presidential election. Due to time zone differences and different state regulations, the voting end time of each state on that day varies. The latest state to end voting is Alaska, which ends at 1:00 am EST on the 6th (14:00 Beijing time on November 6th). Hawaii is the penultimate state to end voting, ending voting at 0:00 EST on the 6th (13:00 Beijing time on November 6th).