In ArizonaPreliminary results are expected on the night of November 5, with early voting in favor of Kamala Harris. A turn in favor of Donald Trump is then expected, with the votes of the electoral colleges on election day. The identity of the winner should subsequently emerge at the state level.
Very popular in GeorgiaEarly in-person voting is expected to account for 65% to 70% of votes, according to estimates from local officials. Mail-in votes, which should total about 5% of the vote, can be processed during the two weeks before the election (steps such as verifying signatures are required), but should only be counted on Election Day. Candidates may request a recount if the final margin is less than or equal to 0.5 percentage points of the total votes cast.
In it MichiganOfficials first implemented in-person early voting after the 2020 election. “red mirage” Then it appeared with the recount of the first ballots, favorable to Donald Trump, before the longer recount of mail-in votes created a “blue shift”Joe Biden taking the lead.
In it SnowfallThe 2020 recount was very slow and the media had reported a local victory for Joe Biden just five days after the election date. Authorities have assured that the changes made since then should help speed up the process. But mail-in voting has become popular and unique among the sevens.wing statesIt is accepted for all voters after November 5, as long as the postmark is not later.
In North CarolinaThe counting at the polling stations, on D-Day, will take place throughout the afternoon, with the aim of announcing the complete results before midnight (in the early hours of Wednesday, November 6). But a period of ten days is expected to count the votes that arrive by mail on November 5, as well as the votes of the military and expatriates. In 2020, the media waited until November 13, ten days after the election, to award victory to Donald Trump in North Carolina. In the 25 western counties most affected by Hurricane Helene in late September, voters were provided special voting accommodations and a small number of safe tents were erected to replace destroyed polling places.
In 2020, it took four days to meet the winner in Pennsylvania : Due to delays in processing mail-in votes, early results (based on voters who went to polling stations on November 5) should probably put Donald Trump in the lead, a lead that could be reduced later with the counting of votes sent by mail. A new law requires most counties in the state to announce the number of ballots remaining to be processed by the late afternoon of Nov. 5, a measure intended to guard against any conspiracy theories.
HE Wisconsin is one of the few states where mail-in ballots will only be processed on the morning of November 5. Additionally, many large cities in Wisconsin send these letters to a centralized site for processing. In this way a large number of votes can be announced at once, the night after the election.
In 2020, Donald Trump and his allies falsely alleged fraud after Milwaukee, the state’s largest city, announced the results of nearly 170,000 ballots around 3:30 a.m. (10:30 a.m. in Paris by mail, then Joe Biden took the lead). the survey for the first time. This ” bounce “ A decision from the Democratic candidate was expected, given the way Milwaukee election officials process mail-in ballots and the fact that Democrats were considered more likely to use it. This year a similar situation is expected.
