By — Lisa Desjardins Lisa Desjardins Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/south-dakota-polls-closing-hour-later-scheduled Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter South Dakota polls closing an hour later than scheduled Politics Nov 4, 2014 5:24 PM EDT South Dakota polls are closing an hour later than planned. Photo by Flickr user Ken Lund No results from the much-watched South Dakota U.S. Senate race will be released until an hour after the polls were originally planned to close. South Dakota Secretary of State Jason Gant tells PBS NewsHour that results will be released starting at 10 p.m. EST (9 p.m. CT) rather than at the state’s poll closing time of 9 p.m. EST (8 p.m. CT) because a polling place in Shannon County opened an hour late this morning. State law requires that polling places be open at least 12 hours on Election Day. By — Lisa Desjardins Lisa Desjardins Lisa Desjardins is a correspondent for PBS NewsHour, where she covers news from the U.S. Capitol while also traveling across the country to report on how decisions in Washington affect people where they live and work. @LisaDNews
South Dakota polls are closing an hour later than planned. Photo by Flickr user Ken Lund No results from the much-watched South Dakota U.S. Senate race will be released until an hour after the polls were originally planned to close. South Dakota Secretary of State Jason Gant tells PBS NewsHour that results will be released starting at 10 p.m. EST (9 p.m. CT) rather than at the state’s poll closing time of 9 p.m. EST (8 p.m. CT) because a polling place in Shannon County opened an hour late this morning. State law requires that polling places be open at least 12 hours on Election Day.