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State laws will delay counting mail-in votes in Trump-Biden race

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Aug 31, 2020
State laws will delay counting mail-in votes in Trump-Biden race

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That's the situation with mail-in ballots in over a dozen states, including the presidential battlegrounds of Michigan and Pennsylvania, where election officials, hampered by state laws, can't start assessing the validity of the early votes — checking voters' names and matching signatures — until Nov. 3. That means it's possible the results might not be available for days or even weeks in those places.

"All of this should be happening before election night," said Trevor Potter, a former chairman of the Federal Election Commission.

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