In South Dakota, polls are open today from 7:00 AM until 7:00 PM. Anyone who is in line by 7:00 PM will be allowed to vote. You can find your polling location now.
For additional information or for any issues you may have with voting visit our Voter Information Center or call 1-877-US-4-OBAMA (877-874-6226). Answers to some of the most common voting questions are below:
Do I need to bring ID with me when I go vote?
Voters should bring ID with them to the polls if they have it. However, if you do not have ID you can still vote. You just need to fill out a form promising you are who you say you are.
Acceptable forms of ID to bring to the polls include:
What time will the polls be open on November 4?
South Dakota polls are open from 7 AM - 7 PM.
What about voters with disabilities?
If you cannot mark a ballot because you have a physical disability or cannot read, you may ask any person to help you vote.
In Rhode Island, polls are open today from 7:00 AM until 9:00 PM. Anyone who is in line by 9:00 PM will be allowed to vote. You can find your polling location now.
You do not need identification at the polling place unless you registered by mail and did not provide proper ID with your registration.
Proper identification when registering by mail is either a copy of a current and valid photo ID or a copy of a current utility bill, bank statement, government check, paycheck, or government document that states your name and address.
If you registered by mail and did not provide identity documentation, you will need to show ID when you go to vote.
Rhode Island polls are open from 7 AM - 9 PM.
If you are blind, disabled or unable to read or write, you may be given assistance at the polls by a person of your choice as long as that person is not your employer or an agent of your employer, or an officer or agent of your union.
Every polling place is situated in a building which can be entered and exited by persons who are disabled or elderly. If you are disabled or elderly and the assigned polling place is inaccessible, the local board must provide alternative means for you to cast a ballot on Election Day. DRE machines will be available for the handicapped.
In Idaho, polls are open today from 8:00 AM until 8:00 PM. Anyone who is in line by 8:00 PM will be allowed to vote. You can find your polling location now.
Idaho polls are open from 8 AM - 8 PM.
Idaho now has several options for accessible voting:
Electors may receive assistance to vote from a person of their choice.
Electors may ask a poll worker for assistance.
Each polling place in the state will be equipped with a ballot-marking device to assist voters who have difficulty reading or marking a ballot to vote privately and independently.
The ballot marking device is intended to assist the visually impaired, voters with disabilities and the elderly. Other voters will vote as they have in the past using the appropriate ballot for their county.
Visually impaired voters can use headphones to listen to an audio ballot and make their selections using a Braille keypad. The ballot marking device has a touch screen with a zoom feature to enlarge the ballot print and a contrast feature to make the ballot easier to read for some voters.
Additional instructions will be available at the polls. Poll workers are trained to help if you request their assistance.
Contact your county clerk for information on all accessible voting options, including instructions on how to request an absentee ballot.
In Utah, polls are open today from 7:00 AM until 8:00 PM. Anyone who is in line by 8:00 PM will be allowed to vote. You can find your polling location now.
Utah polls are open from 7 AM - 8 PM.
In North Dakota, polls are open today from 9:00 AM until 7:00 PM local time. Anyone who is in line by 7:00 PM will be allowed to vote. You can find your polling location now.
Acceptable forms of identification must include a street address. PO boxes do not establish residency and cannot be accepted.
Acceptable forms of identification with residential addresses are:
If you do not have one of the forms of identification listed above, you still have the right to vote if:
Polls open sometime between 7am and 9am and close sometime between 7pm and 8pm, depending on your county. Most are open from 9am–7pm. It is best to check with your local election official for exact times.
If you are a disabled voter you may be accompanied by, and receive assistance from, another person of your choice in the voting booth, unless the person is an employer, officer or agent of your union, a candidate running in that election, or a relative of a candidate. The polling place building should have several routes through it, and sufficient signs should be in place to direct you to the most accessible route to the polling location.
In South Carolina, polls are open today from 7:00 AM until 7:00 PM. Anyone who is in line by 7:00 PM will be allowed to vote. You can find your polling location now.
Voters must show one of the following forms of ID at the polls: Voter registration card, Driver’s License, or Picture ID card issued by Department of Motor Vehicles.
If you registered to vote by mail after January 1, 2004, you are required to submit a form of identification with your voter registration application, including a copy of a valid photo ID or a copy of a current utility bill, bank statement, paycheck or other government document that shows your name and address in your county.
If you did not submit a form of ID with your mail-in voter registration application, you will be required to show ID and your voter registration card at the polls. This ID could include one of the following:
Polls in South Carolina will be open from 7:00 am – 7:00 pm.
Assistance in marking a ballot is allowed only if the voter is blind, illiterate or physically handicapped. A voter entitled to receive assistance may choose anyone to assist except his employer, and agent of his employer, or an officer or agent of his union. Any voter who, because of physical handicap or age (65 or older), cannot enter the polling place in which he is registered to vote, or is unable to stand in line to vote, may vote outside that polling place in the closest available parking area utilizing the vehicle in which he has driven or has been driven to the polls.
In Massachusetts, polls are open today from 7:00 AM until 8:00 PM local time. Anyone who is in line by 8:00 PM will be allowed to vote. You can find your polling location now.
Massachusetts polls are open from 7 AM - 8 PM.
Polling places must be accessible to elderly voters and voters with disabilities. Federal law required polling places to be accessible by 1986.
In Delaware, polls are open today from 7:00 AM until 8:00 PM local time. Anyone who is in line by 8:00 PM will be allowed to vote. You can find your polling location now.
Identification is required if you registered using the National Voter Registration Form and thus did not supply it originally. ID is also required the first time you vote in person or with an in-person absentee ballot. In these cases, the voter must present current identification which includes a current and valid photo ID that shows full name and address.
Delaware polls are open from 7 AM - 8 PM.
The State of Delaware provides handicapped accessible polling places and voting machines. Voters with special needs can inform the Election Officers at the polls, who are ready to provide assistance upon the voter’s arrival. Voters with special needs may also bring someone with them to help in the voting process. Voters who believe that their polling place is not accessible to them should contact the Department of Elections for their county before the day of the election to make other arrangements to vote. For voters who are deaf or hard of hearing, all election materials, announcements and forms are available on this website. You may also use the State’s free TDD relay service to obtain election and voting information. Simply dial 711 and give the operator the toll free help line number for the county from which you are calling: New Castle County 577-3000; Kent County 800-464-4357; Sussex County 800-464-4357; and outside Delaware 800-273-9500.
In Connecticut, polls are open today from 6:00 AM until 8:00 PM. Anyone who is in line by 8:00 PM will be allowed to vote. You can find your polling location now.
If you are not a first-time voter and you did not provide proper identification when you registered, you must either:
Acceptable forms of ID at the polling place are: government-issued photo identification, a social security card or any other preprinted form of ID that shows name and address, name and signature or name and photograph.
Sign a one-line affidavit at the polling place.
The affidavit form requires your name, residential address, date of birth, and signature.
Connecticut polls are open from 6 AM - 8 PM.
In D.C., polls are open today from 7:00 AM until 8:00 PM local time. Anyone who is in line by 8:00 PM will be allowed to vote. You can find your polling location now.
Identification is required only of first-time voters who registered by mail and did not provide proof of identification with their application. Acceptable forms of identification include:
Polls in D.C. will be open from 7:00 am – 8:00 pm.
To vote curbside, a poll worker must be told that you need curbside assistance. When a poll worker is notified that you wish to vote curbside, one of the election officials will bring a ballot to you and provide assistance as needed. It is suggested that you call ahead to let the election officials at the polling site know that you wish to vote curbside. Call 202-727-2525 to obtain the polling place telephone number where you will be voting. Persons with a TDD or TTY device should call 202-639-8916.
In Vermont, polls open today between 5:00 AM and 10:00 AM local time (depending on your location) and close at 7:00 PM. Anyone who is in line by 7:00 PM will be allowed to vote. You can find your polling location now.
Polling place hours vary in Vermont. Polls open between 5am and 10am and close at 7pm.
Check with your election official for exact times.
Vermont offers equal access to voting facilities for elderly, infirm, or disabled voters, including curbside voting. The Vermont Secretary of State provides complete information on your rights and options to make voting more accessible for you.
Vermont also offers voting by phone at the polls.
Across the country, thousand of volunteers are manning hundreds of organized phonebanks, making calls to battleground states. Here a few scenes from one phonebank, in Princeton, New Jersey:
We'll be running phonebanks all day tomorrow, making calls until the close of polls on the west coast. There is still time to sign up for an Election Day phonebank near you.
In the meantime, we still have just over two hours left to make calls tonight. If you have a few minutes to spare tonight, you can help us reach our target of 750,000 calls by 9:00 PM Pacific.
After almost two years of organizing on the ground, this grassroots campaign is coming together these last two days for a final push for change. Yesterday, canvassers in Nevada spent the entire day knocking on doors to Get Out The Vote.
Tomorrow is our last chance to affect the outcome of this election. There is still time to find a volunteer location near you for Election Day.
UPDATE: As of 12:00 PM Pacific, grassroots callers have made 192,204 calls so far today. Our Monday target is 600,000 calls to voters in battleground states by 9:00 PM Pacific time.
Feeling anxious about the election? Well, then now is the time to release some of that tension by picking up the phone and helping make a difference in this historic campaign. Tomorrow is Election Day, which means that today could be our last chance to reach the voters before they head out to vote.
You can listen to highlights from the interview below:
This is my third time being laid off in the last six years, and this is after working for a company for 22 years up until 2002... I saw an opportunity here for me to be able to make a difference. Actually, the person I need to thank is my wife. My wife has been a Barack fan since his speech in 2004... and it was my wife who said, "Well, being that you have this spare time right now, why don't you get involved in the campaign?"
Lyle has made over a thousand calls, but it all started with a simple question - "Why don't you get involved?" If you've ever asked yourself this question, this is your last chance to take part in this historic campaign. We need your help making calls to all of the battleground states below:
Your calls play a crucial role in getting all of our supporters out to the polls, as well as identifying anyone who has already cast their ballot. We've worked too hard these past two years to let up now, and we need your help to finish strong.
For everyone out there making phone calls to voters in a battleground state, let us know what you're hearing on the phones today, how it's going, and any tips you may have for fellow callers...
In Wyoming, polls are open today from 7:00 AM until 7:00 PM. Anyone who is in line by 7:00 PM will be allowed to vote. You can find your polling location now.
There is no ID requirement to vote in Wyoming if you've already registered. However, if you are going to register and vote in one-stop on election day, you must bring one of the following in order to meet the ID requirements:
OR any of the following 2 IDs will suffice:
Wyoming polls are open from 7 AM - 7 PM.
Voters with disabilities have the opportunity to vote privately and independently because each polling place is equipped with a voting machine that allows the voter to listen to the ballot and make a selection using a keypad.
In addition, assistance for voters with disabilities is given at the poll when requested.
If you have a disability, you may also vote by absentee ballot. Any qualified elector may request a ballot be mailed to another qualified elector.
All across the country, volunteers have been gathering in local Obama field offices, Union halls, and private homes to make calls to voters in battleground states since Saturday morning. These phonebanks have been brimming with enthusiasm, as people pull together to make thousands and thousands of calls through their collective dedication.
At the CWA Hall in Christiana, Delaware, more than 150 volunteers have shown up over the course of the day, and when we last checked in they'd already made over 20,000 calls over the course of three shifts. At this moment, they are still going strong, making calls into Colorado until 11pm EST.
To keep everyone motivated, the volunteer staff has been holding pep rallies every few hours, allowing everyone to stretch out with a hearty chant of, "Fired up! Ready to go!" Tomorrow, they'll be back on the phones doing it all over again.
No matter where you are, you can find a phonebank near you tomorrow or on Election Day. We have two days left to make a difference.
From now through Election Day, we need as many volunteers as possible to join our final GOTV calling campaign. Yesterday we spoke with Emily, one of our top callers from California, who has already made over 2,400 calls since the beginning of the election. Today, she planning on making calls non-stop from 7:00 AM until 9:00 PM.
Yesterday we set a single day record of 431,645 calls made by supporters using our online voter contact system, and today our goal is to reach 500,000. As of 4:00 PM Central, our grassroots callers have made over 304,000 phone calls.
Even with dedicated volunteers like Emily on the phones, we'll still need more callers pitching in to reach that mark. Even if you can only spare an hour or two, we can use your help.
These Get Out The Vote calls provide supporters with the information they need to vote on Election Day. Moreover, your calls will help motivate anyone who might be thinking that their vote isn't needed. To get started, just select the state you'd like to call from the national call map below:
On Wednesday the Rhode Island Call Team reached their call goal by making almost 2,500 calls in seven days. This is a great achievement, but we have a lot of work left to do as we had into the most important weekend of the election.
From now until Election Day, we are asking Rhode Island to make at least 3,000 more calls to help Get Out the Vote in battleground states. This means that we need everyone to step up and try to make more phone calls than ever before during these last five days.
In a recent conference call, Pennsylvania's Field Director, Paulette Aniskoff, talked about why your calls are so critical as we try to bring this election home for Barack. You can listen to this highlight below.
On Wednesday, the North Dakota Call Team reached their call goal by making almost 400 calls in seven days. This is a great achievement, but we have a lot of work left to do as we had into the most important weekend of the election.
From now until Election Day, we are asking North Dakota to make at least 800 more calls to help Get Out the Vote in battleground states. This means that we need everyone to step up and try to make more phone calls than ever before during these last five days.
In a recent conference call, Iowa's Deputy Field Director, Ann Dailey, talked about why your calls are so critical as we try to bring this election home for Barack. You can listen to this highlight below.
On Wednesday, the New Jersey Call Team reached their call goal by making over 24,000 calls in seven days. This is a great achievement, but we have a lot of work left to do as we had into the most important weekend of the election.
From now until Election Day, we are asking New Jersey to make at least 30,000 more calls to help Get Out the Vote in battleground states. This means that we need everyone to step up and try to make more phone calls than ever before during these last five days.
