The large volume of mailed ballots expected for November’s election has raised concerns that the final result could be significantly delayed, with mailed or absentee ballots having to be verified and counted, in addition to in-person votes being tallied.
has raised concerns that the final result could be significantly delayed, with mailed or absentee ballots having to be verified and counted, in addition to in-person votes being tallied.
States are limited by their own laws when it comes to when they can process and count ballots. Benson said state lawmakers denied requests to change the system for this year.“We've asked the legislature to make changes to the law to give us more ability to be prepared and count those ballots more efficiently,” she said. “They have not acted for reasons that I don't fully, completely understand.
North Carolina State Board of Elections Director Karen Brinson Bell told “Meet the Press” that her state’s early tallying rule has been around for several years. This, plus the state having already sent out nearly 600,000 absentee ballots on Friday, puts the state “ahead of the game,” she said. “We are sounding an alarm and saying that this is a very real possibility, that the data is going to show on election night an incredible victory for Donald Trump,” Josh Mendelsohn, CEO of HawkFish told“When every legitimate vote is tallied and we get to that final day, which will be some day after Election Day, it will in fact show that what happened on election night was exactly that, a mirage,” said Mendelsohn, whose company was started by Michael Bloomberg and is working with the Democratic...
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