Americans may not know who their next president will be for days after the Nov. 5 election, Reuters reported on Friday.
Several key battleground states, particularly Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, may not ultimately announce their results for several days after Election Day, and if the race turns out to be about as close as it is now, the overall Who wins could be the problem. Reuters suggests it will. reported. A similar dynamic played out in the 2020 election, with President Joe Biden declared the winner by many news outlets four days after Election Day.
Pennsylvania, widely considered the most influential battleground state, is one of the few states in the country that does not allow mail-in ballots to be processed or counted until the morning of Election Day, according to Reuters. This rule, given RealClearPolitics’ policies, means it will likely take election officials several days to process mail-in ballots and call races. voting average Former President Donald Trump currently has a lead of less than 1 percentage point. (Related article: ‘She’s not ahead of the curve’: Mark Halperin says Democrats are ‘frustrated’ by Harris’ ‘spending a day in Washington’)
In Wisconsin, like Pennsylvania, election officials can only start processing mail-in ballots until the morning of Election Day, potentially delaying the determination of a winner, according to Reuters. Additionally, the state’s larger cities typically move mail-in ballots to one location for counting, which can result in large numbers of votes being announced all at once in the early morning hours.
According to Reuters, these rules gave Trump an early lead over Vice President Kamala Harris in both Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, before mail-in ballots, which tend to lean toward Democrats, were processed and counted. There is a possibility that such a scenario may arise.
Meanwhile, North Carolina is allowing election officials to begin scanning and processing ballots before Election Day, according to Reuters. However, state law allows mail-in ballots received on election day to be counted for 10 days after the election, in addition to valid votes cast by members of the military and overseas, so the final results may not be known for several days after November 5. There is sex. According to Reuters, on election day.
According to Reuters, in the 2020 election, most news organizations did not call President Trump in North Carolina until 10 days after Election Day. The Real Clear Politics voting average It shows President Trump leading the state by an extremely narrow margin of less than 1 percentage point.
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According to Reuters, Georgia law requires all early votes to be counted by 8 p.m. on Election Day, and officials say all votes, including those actually cast on Election Day, must be counted. They hope to have the total counted by midnight on November 5th. However, ballots sent by military personnel or from overseas can be counted for up to three days after Election Day, as long as they are postmarked by Nov. 5.
According to Reuters, about 21,000 such ballots have been requested in the state so far, and if the vote in Georgia is close, Georgia’s results could not be known for several days after Election Day. It is said that there is a sex.
Nevada, another key battleground state, has made changes since the 2020 election cycle, when Biden did not convene for five days after Election Day, according to Reuters. Some of these changes include allowing counties to begin counting early votes starting at 8 a.m. on Election Day, but ballots postmarked by Nov. 5 will not be counted. Counting will continue for up to four days after voters go to the polls.
Late mail-in voting tends to favor Democrats, and if Harris trails on Election Day, she could regain ground in Nevada after Election Day, according to Reuters.
Michigan also changed voting rules after the 2020 election, allowing officials in jurisdictions with a population of more than 5,000 to begin processing and counting mail-in ballots eight days before Nov. The district will have permission to do so on the same day. According to Reuters, the day before the election. Officials are hopeful that adjustments made since 2020 may allow states to announce winners more quickly in the 2024 cycle.
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