How Long Will Vote Counting Take? Estimates and Deadlines in All 50 States

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  1. Chrizton

    Chrizton Well-Known Member

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    In case any of you keep track. First article I have seen that gives state to state information. Basically, not going to be Tuesday night.

    https://www.nytimes.com/interactive...-results-timing.html?utm_source=pocket-newtab

    "Even once the early and in-person ballots are counted, a significant number of votes could still be outstanding. Only eight states expect to have at least 98 percent of unofficial results reported by noon the day after the election. Twenty-two states and the District of Columbia allow postmarked ballots to arrive after Election Day, so the timing will depend on when voters return them.

    New York and Alaska will not report any mail votes on election night. (Rhode Island had also planned not to report mail votes that night, but its election board voted Monday to begin releasing them at 11 p.m.) Officials in Michigan and Pennsylvania, two key battleground states, have said full official counts could take several days."
     
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    Thanks for sharing.
     
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    By Wednesday morning.

    There's no need to wait until all ballots to be counted to declare a winner, except for the tightest of races.
    The party registration of the huge majority of mail-in ballots is known; from this can be assumed a certain, and quite high, percentage of votes for the candidate from the same party. At some point, the people who make these determinations can safely say the outstanding votes will not break sufficiently to overtake/maintain a lead, and the winner will be declared.
     
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    Time will tell. I just thought others may find the link handy at a date in the near future.
     

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