Stations: AP will send election results tables and summary results continuously until 4 a.m. Wednesday, and thereafter will continue on a reduced schedule into Wednesday afternoon.

TABLES Following is a description of the tables that will move +election+ night, with tentative frequency of transmission on NEWSPOWER. The frequency may be adjusted during pre-+election+ testing to ensure that no backups occur on the circuit.

SUMMARY RESULTS BC-US-TopRaces Results of presidential, Senate and House races in script form.

Moves at :55.

BC-US-Pres-Sum Nationwide vote and electoral vote standings for the major-party candidates, and others as a group. Moves at :20 and :50.

BC-US-Pres-SumA Nationwide vote standings and percent of vote for all presidential candidates. Moves at :40.

BC-US-Senate-Sum Trend table showing the likely party makeup of the new Senate based on candidates declared winners and those leading. Moves at :45.

BC-US-House-Sum Trend table showing the likely party makeup of the new House based on candidates declared winners and those leading. Moves at :45.

BC-US-Gov-Sum Trend table showing the likely party lineup of the nation's governors based on candidates declared winners and those leading.

Moves at :45.

RESULTS BY CONTEST BC-US-Pres-All State-by-state list of presidential results, including third-party candidates. On +election+ night, this will move every other hour at :00.

BC-US-Pres-State-by-State State-by-state list of presidential vote and electoral vote results for the Democratic and Republican candidates. Moves at :30.

BC-US-Senate-All State-by-state list of Senate results. Moves at :30.

BC-US-House-All, 10 takes State-by-state list of House results. This table will move once at 5a Wednesday, Nov. 5.

BC-US-Gov-All State-by-state list of gubernatorial results. Moves at :20 INITIATIVES Results of selected ballot initiatives will be transmitted in several tables. On +election+ night, one set of 13 initiatives will move during even hours at :35, and the other during odd hours at :35.

The initiatives in the first set are: BC-SD-abortionBan-All South Dakota: Bans abortions in certain cases.

BC-CA-AbortionNotification-All California: Requires parental notification before a minor can get an abortion.

BC-US-AffirmativeAction-All Colorado, Nebraska: Bans race and gender-based affirmative action.

BC-CA-AnimalRights-All California: Establishes the nation's first comprehensive farm animal rights law.

BC-WA-AssistedSuicide-All Washington: Allows some terminally ill adults to obtain lethal prescriptions.

BC-OR-Bilingualeducation-All Oregon: Limits the teaching of students in a language other than English to no more than two years.

BC-MA-DogRacingBan-All Massachusetts: Bans dog racing.

BC-AR-GayAdoption-All ArKansas: Bans gay and lesbian couples from adopting or being foster parents.

BC-US-GayMarriage-All Arizona, California, Florida: Bans same-sex marriage.

BC-MT-HealthInsurance-All Montana: Provides government-funded health insurance coverage for as many as 30,000 uninsured children.

BC-CO-HumanLife-All Colorado: Defines human life as beginning at fertilization.

BC-AZ-IllegalAliens-All Arizona: Requires revocation of business licenses of any employer who knowingly hires illegal aliens.

BC-AR-Lottery-All.

Arkansas: Creates a state lottery to fund college scholarships and grants.

The initiatives in the second set are: BC-AZ-MajorityVote-All Arizona: Requires that a majority of all registered voters approve any initiative with spending or tax increases.

BC-US-marijuana-All Massachusetts, Michigan: Decriminalizes possession of small amounts of marijuana or permits medical use of marijuana.

BC-CA-NonviolentOffenders-All California: Expands treatment programs for nonviolent drug offenders.

BC-MO-OfficialLanguage-All Missouri: Declares English the official language for all state government activities.

BC-OR-OpenPrimaries-All Oregon: Creates open primary +elections+ to replace closed party primaries.

BC-MD-EarlyVoting-All Maryland: Amends constitution to allow legislature to enact law permitting early voting in all +elections+.

BC-CA-Redistricting-All California: Creates commission to draw state legislative districts and create rules for congressional redistricting by Legislature.

BC-US-RenewableEnergy-All California, Missouri: Requires increasing shares of state power generation to come from renewable sources of energy.

BC-MI-StemCells-All Michigan: Permits limited use of stem cells for research.

BC-US-TaxCuts-All Maine, Massachusetts, North Dakota: Cuts or eliminates state taxes on incomes or certain types of sales.

BC-OR-TeacherPerformance-All Oregon: Requires that teacher pay and job security be linked directly to classroom performance.

BC-SD-TermLimits-All South Dakota: Repeals constitutional limits on state legislative terms.

BC-CO-UnionDues-All Colorado: Prohibits mandatory union membership and mandatory union dues.

BC-MD-VideoGaming-All Maryland: Allows video gaming to provide funds for public education.

SUPPLEMENTARY TABLES BC-US-House-Female-Sum Trend table showing how women candidates are faring. Moves once every two hours at :30. During testing, it will move once, at 3:30 p.m.

BC-US-House-Black-Sum Trend table showing how black candidates are faring. Moves once every two hours at :30. During testing, it will move once, at 3:30 p.m.

BC-US-House-HispanicRace-Sum Trend table showing how hispanic candidates are faring. Moves once every two hours at :30. During testing, it will move once, at 3:30 p.m.

BC-US-House-Incumb-Sum Trend table showing how House incumbent candidates are faring.

Moves once every two hours at :30. During testing, it will move once, at 3:30 p.m.

BC-US-House-Freshmen-Sum Trend table showing how House freshmen candidates are faring.

Moves once every two hours at :30. During testing, it will move once, at 3:30 p.m.

WINNERS BC-US-House-Winners A 10-take list of the winners of all the House races. This list will move 2 times, at 3:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Wednesday.

CONTACTS For editorial questions about material moving on the national broadcast wires, please contact Barbara Worth (202) 641-9773, e-mail bworth (at) ap.org. For technical questions, contact Lou Pagan, (202) 641-9882, e-mail lpagan (at) ap.org. For questions about state +election+ results, contact AP Customer Support, apcustomersupport (at) ap.org, (877) 836-9477.

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