Why is MSNBC showing results for the repub NH primary while polls are still open?

[Hassin Bin Sober]

What am I missing here?

[lamp_shade]

1. Notice that it's based on only 1% reported.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

5. Yeah. I know.

For some reason I thought it wasn't kosher to release results until the polls closed.

Watching further, they are releasing results because some precincts close earlier than others.

I guess that is just a national/Presidential thing.

I won the "when will the election be called" pool bet in 2012 at the party I attended. People were throwing in oddball times 11:15pm , 10:33pm etc.

It was obvious the networks would wait untill California closed 10:00pm our time.

Like taking candy from a baby.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

2. It's showing the numbers of the midnight places n/m

[Gman]

3. Don't they close at 7 EST?

[pnwmom]

4. I thought so, too, but CNN is saying it won't be till 8.

[valerief]

6. They were bought by Comcast a while back. nt

[nadinbrzezinski]

7. They have a staggered closing schedule

it is a local version of the GE, when we are still voting in California but these idiots are droning east coast results.

I truly feel for Alaska and HI (not to mention American Samoa)