The wait for final and official results may be a preview of what's in store come November 3 — an election night that might be more accurately called election week or even election month. Bowman, who currently holds a 25-point lead over Engel, declared victory even though absentee ballots still need to be counted. “The New York City Board of Elections said it had already received 15,616 absentee ballots from voters in Ms. Maloney’s district,” the Wall Street Journal's Jimmy Vielkind reports. In some states, election officials are lobbying to tweak the existing rules so that absentee ballots that have already arrived can start to be processed before election night in November. ”It ain't over ‘til it’s over: Voting officials and experts also say there should be guidelines for candidates to avoid undermining the democratic process — including declaring victory before absentee ballots are counted.

Source: Washington Post June 25, 2020 10:39 UTC