1. Why don't all polls close at exactly the same time?
 People who are in line at 7/8 pm get to stay and vote, and the length of that line can be different at every station.
2. What do poll workers at each site have to do once voting is complete in order for votes to be counted? 
They have to shut down the machines, put all the memory cards into one machine, and then print multiple copies of the receipt with vote totals.
3. In what ways are the actual vote counts delivered from actual polling places to the central location of election administration? They can be delivered by a phone call, voting machines can transmit it electronically, or memory cards can be physically delivered.
4. Why might the votes come in slower from rural areas? 
They might be far from the headquarters. 
5. Why might journalists be the first source of election results in some states but not in all states? 
Some state's websites will not and then others do not provide results the night of. 
6. Why may absentee ballots slow the official election results? States will count them if they are postmarked with the date of election day, so they have to wait for all of those to come in. 
7. What are provisional ballots? 
They are filled out if someone does not appear to be a registered voter, but they are tallied last.
8. Why are the official results made public much later than when the election is "called"? 
"each vote is counted and verified, then officially certified, first by the local counties and then by the secretary of state or state Board of Elections."
9. Why was the speed of getting election results emphasized during the Progressive Era? 
" the faster the votes were counted, the less time there was for shenanigans."