US Election Results May Take Weeks in 50 States as House and Senate Control Hangs
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Updated · The New York Times · Nov 2
US Election Results May Take Weeks in 50 States as House and Senate Control Hangs
2 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Nov 2
Summary
Full results from all 50 states are unlikely to be known by early Wednesday, with some key contests in Maine, Alaska, Arizona and California potentially taking days or weeks.
Those delays stem from heavy vote volumes, difficult geography, state rules on accepting and counting mail ballots, and ranked-choice systems in Maine and Alaska.
Congressional control may stay unresolved while those counts continue; the House is more likely to be called sooner than the Senate because several pivotal Senate races are exceptionally tight.
Slow counts have also created openings for false fraud claims, including by President Trump, who repeated such allegations after California's June primary despite no evidence of cheating.