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"It's taking a little longer than normal this year because every active voter received a mail-in ballot this year," explained Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford

"It's taking a little longer than normal this year because every active voter received a mail-in ballot this year," explained Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford. "Processing mail takes time because election officials must ensure that no one has more than one vote," he said. "And counting ballots has also taken time because we have many safeguards in place to prevent fraud," added Ford, "such as signature verification, unique bar codes and other tools." Ford says officials knew the ballot counting process would take some time this year and adds that our counting procedures are overseen by a bi-partisan board in each county. >>source: https://www.ktnv.com/news/political/elections-local/state-officials-say-vote-counting-will-still-take-time https://www.ktnv.com/news/political/elections-local/state-of...

samfisher83 6y ago
Other states have the same requirements, and many of them have counted their votes.
- kypro 6y ago
  Why is it taking other swing states so long to count too? It specifically seems to be an issue for swing states.
  - throwaway568 6y ago
    The other states haven't finished counting either, they have a large margin for one candidate, so the remaining uncounted votes are extremely unlikely to changing the leading candidate. In swing states however, the probability of uncounted votes changing the leading candidate is much higher, which is why the news is focusing on them.
  - kasey_junk 6y ago
    This is just the impression you get because the swing states are the ones that are close. All of the states are still counting votes, it just won’t matter in Oklahoma or California. For the president that is. Down ballot elections are still contested everywhere. Illinois which was predicted for Biden moments after the polls closed has a Congressional election that is coming down to provisional votes and this hasn’t been called yet.
- milquetoastaf 6y ago
  Not a single state has finished counting as of Thursday 11pm
- kasey_junk 6y ago
  So far as I can tell no state has finished counting yet. Here is the California status page which links to their uncounted report: https://electionresults.sos.ca.gov/unprocessed-ballots-status https://electionresults.sos.ca.gov/unprocessed-ballots-statu...

samfisher83 6y ago

Other states have the same requirements, and many of them have counted their votes.

kypro 6y ago
Why is it taking other swing states so long to count too? It specifically seems to be an issue for swing states.
- throwaway568 6y ago
  The other states haven't finished counting either, they have a large margin for one candidate, so the remaining uncounted votes are extremely unlikely to changing the leading candidate. In swing states however, the probability of uncounted votes changing the leading candidate is much higher, which is why the news is focusing on them.
- kasey_junk 6y ago
  This is just the impression you get because the swing states are the ones that are close. All of the states are still counting votes, it just won’t matter in Oklahoma or California. For the president that is. Down ballot elections are still contested everywhere. Illinois which was predicted for Biden moments after the polls closed has a Congressional election that is coming down to provisional votes and this hasn’t been called yet.
milquetoastaf 6y ago
Not a single state has finished counting as of Thursday 11pm
kasey_junk 6y ago
So far as I can tell no state has finished counting yet. Here is the California status page which links to their uncounted report: https://electionresults.sos.ca.gov/unprocessed-ballots-status https://electionresults.sos.ca.gov/unprocessed-ballots-statu...