How do they release totals before the polls close? Are these exit polls?
Its tradition... these tiny towns vote first in the nation @ midnight... These are actual votes in these towns only...
No they are actual votes.
This has been a tradition for a while now. Everyone on the voter list shows up at midnight and votes. Once everyone has voted the poll closes and the results are released. It’s a novelty gimmick to get publicity for a place so small no one would otherwise notice.