Tennessee Polls Close At 7 Central; A Text Said 9
The text named no time zone. In either one, 9 p.m. falls after every Tennessee poll has closed. Its sender is unknown.
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Unknown sender, by text message: "Today's the day! Polls are open until 9 PM today. If you're still in line when polls close, stay in line! Every vote deserves to be counted."
Tennessee law closes polls at 7 p.m. in Central time counties and 8 p.m. in Eastern time counties, so the whole state closes at one moment. A voter who waits for 9 p.m. arrives an hour or more after the doors shut. The Secretary of State's office warned voters about the text at 12:23 p.m. Central on Election Day.
The Text"All polling places in counties in the eastern time zone shall close at eight o'clock p.m. (8:00 p.m.) prevailing time and polling places in counties in the central time zone shall close at seven o'clock p.m. (7:00 p.m.) prevailing time."