“The need to take a longer time to process and count these ballots is a sign of the process working,” Mr. Masterson added. David Scott, deputy managing editor for The A.P., said how long it takes to call the presidential race in November will depend on the closeness of the race and whatever rules states impose between now and Election Day. will have to account for the huge wave of mail-in votes, especially after incorrectly declaring two races in Georgia were headed to runoffs this month. Mr. Weil pointed to three states in particular he expected to be hot spots for slow counting trouble: Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. And all three of those states have one rule in common: they do not currently allow the tabulating of mail-in ballots until the day of the election, though election officials are pressing to relax those restrictions.

Source: New York Times June 24, 2020 22:43 UTC