Morning Jolt: Vote-Counting Begins in Earnest

On the menu today: Why those ominous predictions that we won't know who won the 2020 presidential election for days, or perhaps weeks after Election Day may not pan out; some back-and-forth decision-making from the Trump campaign; and a special request.

Your State May Already Be Counting Your Vote!

You may have heard it could be a while before all the votes are counted after Election Day. That . . . may not turn out to be the case. At least three of the most pivotal states in the presidential race are already tabulating the early votes.

Thirteen states allow election officials to begin counting absentee or mail-in ballots before Election Day, and those states include Arizona, Florida, and North Carolina. In fact, if you had to pick a half-dozen states that could determine the outcome of the presidential election, those three would make just about everyone's list.

In Arizona, just under 900,000 people have already voted, and state law permitted counting to begin yesterday, October ...

WITH JIM GERAGHTY October 21 2020 WITH JIM GERAGHTY October 21 2020 Vote-Counting Begins in Earnest On the menu today: Why those ominous predictions that we won't know who won the 2020 presidential election for days, or perhaps weeks after Election Day may not pan out; some back-and-forth decision-making from the Trump campaign; and a special request. Your State May Already Be Counting Your Vote! You may have heard it could be a while before all the votes are counted after Election Day. That . . . may not turn out to be the case. At least three of the most pivotal states in the presidential race are already tabulating the early votes. Thirteen states allow election officials to begin counting absentee or mail-in ballots before Election Day, and those states include Arizona, Florida, and North Carolina. In fact, if you had to pick a half-dozen states that could determine the outcome of the presidential election, those three would make just about everyone's list. In Arizona, just under 900,000 people have already voted, and state law permitted counting to begin yesterday, October ...   READ MORE

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