Polls open on Election Day

Hours after the presidential candidates finished their final rallies, several states on the East Coast began opening their voting booths Tuesday morning.

With the exception of two small towns in New Hampshire, both of which opened shortly after midnight, Vermont became the first state to kick off Election Day when it opened some polls as early as 5 a.m. ET.

Others began casting their ballots at 6 a.m. ET in Connecticut, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, New Jersey, New York, Virginia, and the rest of New Hampshire.

Vice President Joe Biden cast his ballot Tuesday morning, shortly before 7:30 a.m. ET, at Alexis I. DuPont High School in Wilmington, Delaware, his home state. Meanwhile, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is schedule to vote in Belmont, Massachusetts around 8:30 a.m. ET.

Check out the list below for other times.

6:30 a.m ET

North Carolina

Ohio

West Virginia

7 a.m. ET

Delaware

Washington, D.C.

Florida

Georgia

Illinois

Kansas (individual counties may choose to open at 7 a.m. ET, but most open at 8 am. ET)

Louisiana

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Missouri

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

South Carolina

Tennessee (Times vary throughout the state; most polls open between 7 a.m. and 9 a.m. ET)

8 a.m. ET

Alabama

Arizona

Iowa

Minnesota

Mississippi

North Dakota

Oklahoma

South Dakota

Texas

Wisconsin

8:30 a.m. ET

Arkansas

9 a.m. ET

Colorado

Montana

Nebraska

New Mexico

Oregon

Utah

Wyoming

10 a.m. ET

Alaska (earliest poll opens at 7 a.m. local time for the small section that's in the Pacific Time Zone)

California

Idaho

Nevada

Washington

12 p.m. ET

Hawaii