Why US election’s results may be delayed | Flash News PK
Why US election’s results may be delayed
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In this article we will discuss all the possibilities due to which election results of United States of America may be delayed.
The presidential race has almost been run, but after election day, patience may be needed.
We may not find out who's won on Tuesday. In fact, it could be days before the result becomes clear.
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That’s not unusual by historical standards though, and it's common practice for votes to be counted after election day.
The coronavirus pandemic has complicated matters as well. The increase in mail-in voting is expected to push back the release of full results in many key states.
This is because states start pre-processing and tabulating, or tallying, their votes on different dates. Some states, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin for example, do not begin pre-processing ballots until election day, meaning their results may take longer.
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The core message is be wary of the numbers. A candidate who takes an early lead may end up being overtaken as postal or in-person votes are tallied.
The biggest factor that may slow things down this year is clear: Millions of Americans decided to vote by mail rather than risk contracting coronavirus at a polling place. And in general, those mail ballots take longer to count.
Election workers must remove the ballots from their envelopes, check for errors, sort them and flatten them all before they can be run through scanners the moment polls close and be tabulated. In states with well-established vote-by-mail programs, this processing happens weeks before Election Day. The results are often released quickly.
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But several states did not have this system in place before this year and laws on the books prohibited election officials from processing the ballots well in advance of Election Day. Without a head start, there’s virtually no way to process and count all the mail votes on Election Day, while also counting all the in-person votes.
No matter how delayed the results are according to constitution New president will start his term in office on 20 January at 12 o clock.
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