Polling stations have closed in six U.S. states for the midterm election

Voting stations closed in six U.S. states—Georgia, Kentucky, South Carolina, Vermont, Virginia and Indiana—as of 7 p.m. ET on November 3, with polls also shuttered in parts of Florida's congressional districts and the rest of that state set to close at 8 p.m. ET. Counting of ballots in the affected districts is now getting underway as the midterm elections proceed. The staggered closures mark the transition from voting to tabulation, making the six states and Florida's partial districts the first to begin reporting results. What to watch next is the release of vote counts from these earliest-closing precincts as the remaining states wrap up voting later in the evening.