Voters in three states will head to the polls on Tuesday.
In Georgia, Republican runoffs for governor, Senate and secretary of state are on the ballot. In Alabama, the races to watch are Republican and Democratic runoffs for Senate. And Oklahoma is holding primaries that include races for governor, an open U.S. Senate seat and an open seat in the state’s First Congressional District.
Here is a look at when officials expect to see results.
Georgia
Ballots cast during the early voting period will be tabulated by Election Day, officials from the state’s election board say. After polls close at 7 p.m. Eastern time, counties will begin tabulating the rest. Most results, election officials say, will be in between 10 p.m. and midnight.
While voters wait for race calls, they can consult The New York Times’s live results tracker here. These results will still be unofficial until Georgia’s elections board certifies the vote about 21 days after the election.
Alabama
Polls in Alabama close at 7 p.m. local time (8 p.m. Eastern), and from there the election board will begin tabulating.
Alabama has a relatively rigid early-voting policy. To cast absentee ballots, voters must meet certain eligibility requirements, which include being out of their home county on Election Day or having an illness or a work shift that conflicts substantially with polling hours.
These early votes will be counted first, but it’s likely there will be fewer of them than in other states; ballots cast on Election Day will be next. You can refer to The Times’s vote tracker to watch the unofficial results come in.
Oklahoma
Polls in Oklahoma will close at 7 p.m. local time (8 p.m. Eastern). You can follow along with the unofficial tally on our tracker here.
Election officials predict results will be in not long after polls close, as was the case in the 2022 primaries. But Oklahoma is a runoff state, meaning that if no candidate receives a majority of the votes, the two candidates with the most votes will go to a runoff held on Aug. 25.
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