New York, Nov. 4 (ANI): At least one broadcast network and one Web site have said that they may announce the winner of the 2008 presidential elections before the voting process is completed.

A senior vice president of CBS News, Paul Friedman, said the prospects for Barack Obama or John McCain meeting the minimum threshold of electoral votes could be clear as soon as 8 p. m. — before polls in even New York and Rhode Island close, let alone those in Texas and California.