After the polls closed on election night, a fascinating race developed between the county election commission and NewsChannel 5 for who could post local precinct returns first. And the TV station almost always won up until it went onto the air at 10 p.m. In some cases, tight races were completely counted by the station more than an hour ahead of the official results, thanks to a network of poll watchers who got tallies to the station. For political addicts, it’s the good stuff.
