Find your official polling place
The short answer
Your polling place is assigned by your local election office and can change between elections. Look it up on the official state or county tool close to Election Day, and check the hours for your jurisdiction rather than a national figure.
Go straight to the official source
Official source
Check your registration through Can I Vote
State-run lookup directory maintained by the association of state chief election officials.
Check your registration through Can I Vote
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Official source
Find your state or territory election office
Contact directory for the office that administers elections where you live.
Find your state or territory election office
This link leaves WomanVoters and opens the official site. We never ask for the personal details the official system requires.
Look it up close to the election
Check your assignment in the final weeks before Election Day, then check once more the day before if your jurisdiction posts late changes. Official lookups draw from the same voter file your registration lives in, so an out of date registration will return an out of date location. If the tool cannot find you, start with our guide to checking your registration.
What the lookup usually gives you
- The assigned location and its address.
- The precinct or ward, which determines the local contests on your ballot.
- Often a link to a sample ballot for that precinct.
- Sometimes accessibility details, parking, and entrance notes.
Hours are set locally
Poll opening and closing times are set by state law and occasionally adjusted by court order. Many states allow anyone in line at closing time to vote, but the rule is written jurisdiction by jurisdiction. Read the hours on your election authority page rather than trusting a figure copied from another state.
If something goes wrong at the location
- If your name is not on the list, ask whether you are at the correct location before accepting a provisional ballot.
- If you are at the wrong location in a precinct based jurisdiction, ask for the correct address rather than voting provisionally, because a provisional ballot cast in the wrong precinct is often rejected.
- If you need an accessible entrance, curbside voting, or assistance, see our accessible voting guide.
- If you are told you cannot vote and you believe you are eligible, ask for the election office phone number on site, and see the Department of Justice voting resources linked from our sources directory.
Questions worth asking your election office
- Is this jurisdiction precinct based, or does it use countywide vote centers?
- What are the exact opening and closing times, and what happens if I am in line at closing?
- Has my assigned location changed since the last election?
- What identification, if any, will I be asked for at this location?
What the official record shows
Assignments change more often than people expect
Counties consolidate locations, buildings become unavailable, and precinct lines change after redistricting. An assignment that was correct in a past election is not evidence about this one.
Vote centers are not precinct polling places
A growing number of jurisdictions use vote centers, where any voter in the county may cast a ballot at any location. Others keep strict precinct assignments and will not issue a regular ballot at the wrong site.
Our perspective
Location decisions are policy decisions
Where polling places are placed, how many are open, and how long the lines run are choices made by officials with budgets and deadlines. Those choices land hardest on shift workers, caregivers, people without cars, and people with disabilities.
This panel states what we believe. It is labeled, it is separate from the record above, and it never changes the voting instructions on this site.
The strongest argument against our view
Election administrators note that closures often follow real constraints, including poll worker shortages and buildings that cannot meet accessibility requirements. Consolidation can also fund better equipment at fewer sites. The test is whether the resulting travel time and wait time stay reasonable for every part of the jurisdiction.
What remains uncertain
Hours, curbside voting, and emergency location changes are set locally and can change late. We do not publish polling hours on this site because a single national figure would be wrong.
Sources
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USAGov, General Services Administration
How to vote in the United States
Federal overview of in-person voting, including how assignments are published.
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National Association of Secretaries of State
State-run lookup directory maintained by the association of state chief election officials.
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USAGov, General Services Administration
State and territory election offices
Contact directory for the office that administers elections where you live.
Change history
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