I personally think there should be a media blackout on all election reporting on election day. Only the next day, after the votes have been tabulated and all sent in to one source should the results be released. If that means waiting until a day (or two or even three) after the election, so be it. These polls and networks 'calling' states has got to end. It might also end some of this fraud where certain areas wait to see how many votes they need. Nobody should be able to see the results of any other precinct- just send them in when tabulated at previously agreed upon time.
I think it's ok to give the results out AFTER ALL VOTING AT THE POLLS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED, and that voting should take place for 1 week, so that the validity of the vote can be assessed quickly. They should have proper PICTURE I.D. presented at the voting precincts BEFORE VOTING, and signatures checked against their I.D. card signature.
I like it that we have electronic ballots locally yet the local elections still take many hours to begin to get a sizable percentage of the votes counted.
THERE IS NOTHING TO READ/SCAN, just add up the tallied figues in the computer!
I realize that this will not account for every vote (absentee, provisional, alternate language) but certainly accurate counts should be known within the first hour.