Tag: counted
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Mail-in ballots that arrive after Election Day in Mississippi shouldn’t be counted, appeals court says
A federal appeals court ruled Friday that a Mississippi law allowing mail-in ballots to be counted if they are postmarked before election day — but received up to five days after Election Day — is preempted by federal law. The ruling by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals does not have any immediate impact…
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Harris says ‘of course’ her team is prepared if Trump declares victory before votes are counted
In an interview with NBC News’ Hallie Jackson on Tuesday, Vice President Kamala Harris said she’s preparing for the possibility that former President Donald Trump declares victory before the votes are counted in this next month’s election. Sitting down at her official residence in the Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C., Harris said her campaign is…
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How votes get counted and reported on election night — and how NBC News gathers and checks the data
The task of counting and announcing vote results from over 100,000 precincts across the country — mostly within a few hours — requires a massive operation that involves hundreds of thousands of poll workers, election officials and observers. We may think of a presidential election as a single nationwide contest, but how elections are administered…