WASHINGTON – Ballots will be cast across the country on Tuesday and Americans will eagerly await who will take control of the White House, Senate and House of Representatives. Additionally, there are several gubernatorial, state and local elections this cycle that will be closely watched.

More than 82.6 million absentee and early in-person votes have been cast nationwide, according to the NBC News early voting dashboard, but the numbers won't be released until late Tuesday.

FOX 5 uses reporting data from the Associated Press to determine when to call a race. AP calls a race when the final candidates no longer have a path to victory. Read more about how AP names a winner.

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Polls will be open across the Commonwealth until 7 p.m Virginia on Election Day, November 5th.

The polls close at 8 p.m Washington, D.C Voters can cast their vote at any polling station, regardless of where they live.

All polling stations on election day Maryland are also open until 8 p.m. As long as you're in line by 8 p.m., you can vote.

It is known that the election will likely come down to results from seven key swing states: Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. Some of these states have specific rules for counting votes, meaning some results come in quickly while others leave us guessing. From early voting to extended mail-in deadlines, each state has its own approach that could affect the election night schedule.

NOTE: All times are in Eastern Standard.

• Arizona: Polls close at 9 p.m
• Georgia: Polls close at 7 p.m
• Michigan: Polls close at 9 p.m
• Nevada: Polls close at 10 p.m
• North Carolina: Polls close at 7:30 p.m
• Pennsylvania: Polls close at 8 p.m
• Wisconsin: Polls close at 9 p.m

When will the votes be counted?

Methods for tabulating early in-person votes, primary ballots and in-person Election Day ballots vary from state to state, which is why some count much faster than others.

FOX 5 will post the results on our LIVE dashboard as soon as polls begin to close – as early as 6 p.m

How long will it take until we know the results?

While most local elections are expected to take place within a day of the election, experts' opinions vary when voters will find out who will be the next president.

Currently, when you ask political experts when they think we will know the results of the presidential election, there are many different answers.

“My only prediction for election night was that we're not going to know on election night who won this race,” Democratic strategist Chuck Rocha told FOX 5.

Veteran election expert Arnon Mishkin, who runs the Decision Desk for Fox News. He says voters shouldn't be surprised if there is no clear winner on election night. In fact, he says it could take days.

“I think it's most likely we'll know before Saturday, and that just depends on how close this election is and the reason for Saturday, because the over/under ratio is that Pennsylvania “Then we'll probably get something out of it that we can call,” Mishkin said.

Mishkin says different states have different counting rules, and with early voting and absentee voting now part of the mix, returns could take longer in battleground states.

David Ramadan of George Mason University's Schar Center for Politics agrees, saying it will likely take two to three days to find out who won.

“We probably won’t know for the next 48 or 72 hours, if we’re lucky,” Ramadan said.

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