Here is a rundown of what to expect tonight as the presidential election draws to an end.

Most polling stations in Kentucky and Indiana close at 6 p.m. and results from ballots will start coming in at 7 p.m., even though some polling stations across the nation will not close until 8 p.m - including those in Pennsylvania and some parts of Florida - and some as late as 10 p.m.

The swing-states are bound to be big deciders in who will win the election. In the 2000 election, Florida's votes for the presidential candidates were so close that the Supreme Court had to intervene to settle the dispute over who won the election. Florida's 29 Electoral votes are predicted to all go in favor of Romney, according to Politico.

Though some of them are small and offer only six or nine Electoral votes, that in itself might tip the number in favor of one candidate over the other. A candidate needs 270 Electoral votes in order to win the presidency.

"If Florida looks to be tipping for Mr. Obama, that could suggest an early night. A Romney loss in the Sunshine State could effectively block his path to 270 Electoral votes," The Wall Street Journal reported. "The same goes for Virginia and Ohio, states where the polls have predicted a down-to-the-wire race."

Virgina's polling stations close at 7 p.m., and Ohio and Wisconsin polls close at 7:30 p.m.

At 8 p.m., polls close in 16 states including New Hamsphire, Pennsylvania, Conneticut and Missouri. The 16 states offer a total of 143 Electoral votes.

At 9 p.m., polls in the crucial swing-states of Colorado and Wisconsin, and also those in Minnesota, close. Wisconsin has not leaned in Republican support since 1983, the WSJ noted. Minnesota is also likely to turn all its Electoral votes to President Obama.

At 10 p.m., polls close in Iowa but by then the public, and the news outlets, with already have a sense of who is in the lead, as the other votes are already being compiled. Polls in Nevada will close at 10 p.m.

California polls close at 11 p.m. and then finally, the Aleutian chain of islands of Alaska close at 1 a.m. Wednesday. But that time, the winner should be announced, but it does not always run so smoothly. It is possible that calculations will take hours and it has happened in the past where lawyers demanded recounts.

The news report added that a 269-269 tie is possible in the Electoral College vote, and if that is the case, the public will not know the winner of the election for at least a few months,