DISENFRANCHISING FLORIDA REPUBLICANS
One of the big complaints that Republicans had about the 2000 vote in Florida, is that networks projected the state for Gore before polls had closed in the heavily Republican panhandle, which is in the central time zone and the polls close there at 8:00pm EST.

Funny that the webmonkey at MSNBC isn't aware of this, as he lists the polls closing at 7 EST for Florida. Go figure.

I suspect the networks will get it right on election day, and regardless of what the exit polls say, they won't project Florida until they get a broad cross-section of votes counted. Maybe around 10pm EST. And if the exits are at all close in Ohio (7:30 EST), Pennsylvania (8:00 EST), New Jersey (8:00 EST) and New Hampshire(8:00 EST), they may wait for a real confirming count - but don't discount their eagerness to "make news" can call any state early.

For details on poll closing times, see here.