Wednesday
Nov052008
A Question: When Are Early Votes Announced?
Wednesday, November 5, 2008 at 0:24
I've just asked and can't get an answer: for states that allow early voting, when are the results announced? All of them as soon as polls closed? Spread out over the process? Or at the end?
I ask because, in a case like Florida, 37% of the return will come from early votes. Given that McCain has an edge in the first results there, I have to assume the early votes are not revealed until later.
An additional thought: Florida is swinging back-and-forth as each county chips in numbers, even though the polls haven't closed. So, as the early returns are coming back on a county-by-county basis, they will be spread out as the count comes in.
I ask because, in a case like Florida, 37% of the return will come from early votes. Given that McCain has an edge in the first results there, I have to assume the early votes are not revealed until later.
An additional thought: Florida is swinging back-and-forth as each county chips in numbers, even though the polls haven't closed. So, as the early returns are coming back on a county-by-county basis, they will be spread out as the count comes in.
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