No Ohio results until 9:00 PM?

Apparently there will be no real numbers from Ohio until 9:00 PM EST:

Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner has ordered all 88 counties to hold results until after voting concludes in Sandusky County at 9 p.m. The county ran short of ballots, and Brunner went to court to keep the polls open in that county for an extra hour and a half.

And Sen. Barack Obama's campaign is seeking a court order to extend voting hours in Cuyahoga County, where bad weather hindered the ability of some voters to get to the polls.

UPDATE: On the other hand, here are some numbers. I guess some county missed the memo?

Anyway, with a fraction of a percent of the precincts reporting, Hillary leads, 56% to 42% (2,029 votes to 1,526). If no more results come out until 9:00 PM, that 14-point Clinton margin will be on CNN's crawl for quite a while.

P.S. CNN's exit-poll numbers from Ohio suggest a 51% to 48% lead for Clinton. (But, as Ben Smith notes, the exit-poll numbers "sometimes change as the night goes on and pollsters adjust for reality." And as Jonathan Chait points out, a three-point margin is "close enough that the result could easily be off.")

UPDATE 2: Some Cuyahoga County (i.e., Cleveland-area) polling places will indeed stay open late.

Comments

[Marty West]

Sandusky*

[Condor]

I can't remember the last time Ohio hasn't screwed something up in an election. I'm only in my twenties, though.

[Marty West]

Timm Russert reminds me of the eagle from the Muppets.