Government leaders scrambled to digest the delay and ordinary people swapped views, hopes and fears on feeds and phones. “I’m hearing it may take some time before things are sorted out,” said the finance minister of Japan, Taro Aso. “I am very shocked by that.”Concern in EuropeBut the lack of result was not that surprising to experts. In a year turned upside down by the coronavirus pandemic, many States made it easier to vote by mail. That meant a slowdown in compiling results because postal ballots mail often take longer to process than those cast at polling places.

Source: The Hindu November 04, 2020 16:41 UTC