Twenty years ago, we could count on results the same night of the election, and in our town/city election night was always a party night - everybody involved in

Twenty years ago, we could count on results the same night of the election, and in our town/city election night was always a party night - everybody involved in the campaigns would gather in a convention center where the local news orgs would live broadcast, the surrounding bars would be packed, and usually by 10-11pm, winners would be known. Somehow, twenty years in the future, we don't know results until weeks after the election, and auditability/transparency sucks.