The final result and the winner of the presidential election will be decided when all of the validly cast votes are counted ― whether that takes hours, days or weeks. In 2016 the result of the US Presidential Election was announced by The Associated Press news agency at 2:30am ET which was early evening AEDT. While Election Day is Tuesday November 3 in the US, this falls on Wednesday November 4 in Australia. A few Australian TV networks will be airing commentary, analysis and rolling live coverage through Election Day. Election officials in many states are underfunded and under-resourced, and in some by law are not allowed to begin counting ballots until Election Day.

Source: Huffington Post November 01, 2020 14:03 UTC