CBS News: “Election officials across the country and in key battleground states say there could be a delay in reporting election night results in November given the likely surge in mail-in absentee ballots due to the coronavirus pandemic.”
“Citing data from recent primaries, officials and election experts anticipate that more voters will cast their ballots by mail in this election than in years past and say the public should prepare now for the possibility of delays, so as not to undermine the integrity of the election results.”
“‘We need to be talking about ‘Election Week,’ not Election Day,’ former Homeland Security secretary and Republican Pennsylvania Governor Tom Ridge told CBS News. ‘We’ve seen an unprecedented request for absentee ballots and it may take a little longer.’ Ridge is the co-chair of the new bipartisan group, VoteSafe. “