A guide for Australian observers of the 2024 US presidential election.
With the 2024 US presidential election finally here, Australians are as engaged in American politics as ever. To help you follow along on the day, and manage those pesky time zone conversions, here’s an Australian observer’s guide to the key details of election day.Voting will take place on Tuesday, November 5 in the US and what time polls close is decided by the states.
The polls in the remaining swing states will close by 2pm AEDT – and then in all other states by 5pm AEDT.In a tight race like this, counting can continue well past election night, and we might not know the winner for several days. The slower counts that could delay the result by days will be in the tight races in the swing states., where state law requires that all early votes be counted and reported at 8pm on election night, which is midday Wednesday AEDT.has updated its vote count rules but could still face a multi-day delay in delivering a result, as it did in 2020. It’s a similar situation in, pundits are predicting delays that will see the first results delivered the day after the election, so that’s Thursday AEDT.
In 2020, the results confirmed Joe Biden had won the election four days after the poll, but Donald Trump initially refused to concede.
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