{"id":2358238,"date":"2024-10-23T05:02:01","date_gmt":"2024-10-23T09:02:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/there-is-no-good-reason-to-not-expect-results-on-election-night\/"},"modified":"2024-10-23T05:08:04","modified_gmt":"2024-10-23T09:08:04","slug":"there-is-no-good-reason-to-not-expect-results-on-election-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/there-is-no-good-reason-to-not-expect-results-on-election-night\/","title":{"rendered":"There Is No Good Reason To Not Expect Results On Election Night"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthere-is-no-good-reason-to-not-expect-results-on-election-night%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2358238&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Election officials in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/five-things-republicans-are-preparing-to-fight-as-democrats-mount-2024-offensive\/\" title=\"Republicans gear up to combat Democrats&#039; 2024 offensive with five key battles.\">key swing \u2063states<\/a> are discussing potential delays in announcing election results, a practice that\u200b has become more common since the pandemic. On CBS News&#8217; &#8220;Face The Nation,&#8221; Michigan&#8217;s Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson estimated that results might not be available until the end of\u200c the day on November 6, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/target-closing-9-stores-citing-organized-retail-crime-and-safety\/\" title=\"Target is shutting down 9 stores due to organized retail crime and safety concerns.\">citing ongoing issues<\/a> with\u2063 ballot counting. Georgia\u2019s Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger\u200d mentioned that while a \u2062significant portion of the vote would be \u2062reported by\u2064 8 PM on election night, they would wait for overseas ballots to finalize results. This has\u200b raised concerns about transparency and voter confidence, as many\u2064 Americans expect\u2064 results to be reported on election night.<\/p>\n<p>Other officials, like Pennsylvania&#8217;s Secretary of State Al Schmidt, are encouraging patience \u200damid criticisms of the electoral process. Articles in major outlets like Newsweek and Time downplay the importance of immediate \u2062results, suggesting that changes in voting\u200b methods, including the increased use of mail-in ballots, contribute to delays. However, critics argue that this justification is unfounded, noting \u2063that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/georgia-governor-signs-into-law-sweeping-election-reform-bill-including-voter-id-for-absentee-ballots\/\" title=\"Georgia Governor Signs Into Law Sweeping Election Reform Bill, Including Voter ID for Absentee Ballots\">absentee ballot requests<\/a> in 2024 may not exceed those in previous years \u2063where results were promptly reported.<\/p>\n<p>The media coverage has \u2064also highlighted fears that election outcomes could change dramatically \u200cas mail-in ballots are counted, which happened in the closely \u200dcontested 2020 election. Experts warn\u2063 that delays may lead to confusion and mistrust\u200c in the electoral system. \u200bthe discussion around timely election results is gaining attention as \u2063officials express a willingness to normalize delays in \u200dreporting outcomes.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Election chiefs from three important swing states recently went on cable news to make excuses about why they won&rsquo;t have the election results on Election Day &mdash; even though this has been the norm in America for decades and is <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.ap.org\/behind-the-news\/calling-the-2020-presidential-race-state-by-state\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">still<\/a> the norm in many much larger states.<\/p>\n<p>Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/jocelyn-benson-face-the-nation-transcript-10-20-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">asked<\/a> Sunday on CBS News&rsquo; <em>Face The Nation<\/em> how &ldquo;quickly&rdquo; she expects to get the results, and she responded, in part, by saying: &ldquo;I would estimate, end of the day on Wednesday [November 6], as the best guess on how we&rsquo;ll perform.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>There is no good reason for such a delay, yet election officials in the post-Covid era are pushing the delays we saw during the 2020 election as the new norm.<\/p>\n<p>Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, who also joined the show on Sunday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/brad-raffensperger-face-the-nation-transcript-10-20-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> that because of a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">recently passed state law governing<\/a> how elections are administered, &ldquo;all early votes and all early accepted ballots, they all will have to have their results reported by 8pm. That&rsquo;s 70, maybe even 75% of all the vote totals will be reported no later than 8pm on election night.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>So why can&rsquo;t Georgia report its election results on election night? As Raffensperger said, the state &ldquo;will be waiting for &hellip; overseas ballots that come in no later than Friday [that week], and so those will then be the final numbers. And we&rsquo;ll just see if that makes the difference in the total vote totals.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Why would Raffensperger feel the need to wait for what should be a minuscule number of overseas Georgia ballots to come in? Whatever the reason, the delay sows doubt and insecurity in the minds of American voters who are rightly accustomed to having results on Election Day.<\/p>\n<p><strong>[READNEXT:[READNEXT:<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/10\/10\/the-federalists-2024-battleground-state-elections-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Federalist&rsquo;s 2024 Battleground State Elections Guide<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Benson and Raffensperger aren&rsquo;t alone in pushing to normalize delays. Pennsylvania Secretary of State Al Schmidt told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/pennsylvania-al-schmidt-fights-election-misinformation-60-minutes-transcript\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CBS News&rsquo; &ldquo;60 Minutes&rdquo;<\/a> on Oct. 13 that, in light of controversy surrounding the time between polls closing and &ldquo;races being called,&rdquo; &ldquo;[t]he message is please be patient&rdquo; as &ldquo;counties are working night and day to count their voters&rsquo; votes.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>The propaganda press is also working overtime to justify delays, downplaying concerns about incompetent election administration.<\/p>\n<p>Newsweek recently published an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/were-unlikely-know-winner-election-night-thats-ok-opinion-1971418\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">analysis<\/a> by Aron Solomon headlined &ldquo;We&rsquo;re Unlikely to Know the Winner on Election Night. That&rsquo;s OK.&rdquo;<em> <\/em>The piece argues &ldquo;patience&rdquo; is &ldquo;essential in the modern electoral landscape,&rdquo; and that while precedent for &ldquo;decades&rdquo; meant Americans could know the results by election night, this expectation &ldquo;has become an increasingly unrealistic standard.&rdquo; Solomon argues that the widespread use of mail-in ballots causes states to delay their vote totals.<\/p>\n<p>But that excuse doesn&rsquo;t hold water. The widespread use of mail-in ballots in the 2024 general election cycle may not be as widespread as 2020 and in fact, in a state like Georgia, might be closer to the rate of use in 2016 &mdash; when the election was called the night of.<\/p>\n<p>In 2016, 241,519 absentee ballots were issued in the Peach State, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.savannahnow.com\/story\/news\/politics\/elections\/2020\/10\/01\/georgia-absentee-ballot-requests-so-far-5-times-more-than-2016-totals\/43075535\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Savannah Morning News<\/a>. The 2016 race was called by the <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.ap.org\/behind-the-news\/calling-the-presidential-race-state-by-state\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Associated Press<\/a> at 11:33 p.m. on Election Night. The last day to request an absentee ballot in the state for the 2024 race is <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/10\/10\/the-federalists-2024-battleground-state-elections-guide\/\">October 25<\/a>, and WRDW <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrdw.com\/2024\/10\/21\/ga-absentee-voters-face-mail-delays-vanishing-drop-boxes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a> Monday that &ldquo;more than 200,000 Georgians have requested an absentee ballot&rdquo; this election cycle. That&rsquo;s about the same amount of ballots as in 2016, when we knew the winner in Georgia before midnight on Election Day. For reference, well over 1.5 million absentee ballots were requested in Georgia in 2020, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/sos.ga.gov\/news\/secretary-state-reports-record-breaking-turnout\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">data<\/a> from the secretary of state.<\/p>\n<p>Time Magazine published a <a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/7022314\/election-night-2024-results-timing-delay\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">piece<\/a> in September to explain &ldquo;Why We Might Not Know the Winner on Election Night.&rdquo; The article similarly echoed the claims about mail-in votes presented in the Newsweek analysis. <\/p>\n<p>Then there&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/09\/17\/2024-election-counting-swing-states\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Axios<\/a>, which said the &ldquo;2024 election could take days to call,&rdquo; just like 2020. We all remember <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2020\/11\/04\/pennsylvania-results-trump-biden-434124\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">what happened in 2020<\/a>: Former President Donald Trump was up by 196,000 votes in Pennsylvania with just 12 percent of the vote still not counted, as Politico reported the day after Election Day. Days later, President Joe Biden would be declared the winner after mail-in ballots came flooding in, overwhelmingly in Biden&rsquo;s favor.<\/p>\n<p>CNN recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/09\/22\/politics\/vote-counting-delays-election-states\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">published an article<\/a> headlined, &ldquo;Election experts raise fresh alarms about vote counting delays &ndash; and chaos &ndash; in battleground states.&rdquo; The piece argues that while Republicans might be up in the race initially, the results may later flip to elect a Democrat. Voters who are concerned about the delayed results are then smeared as helping promulgate what CNN describes as &ldquo;false narratives about election fraud.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>What a change from just eight years ago, when disgraced reporter Jeffrey Toobin&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/retroreport.org\/transcript\/transcript-why-bush-v-gore-still-affects-our-elections-today\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a>&nbsp;in a short&nbsp;New York Times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=z3os_Vw1Eoo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">documentary<\/a>&nbsp;about the 2000 election that &ldquo;the one thing no one expected in a presidential campaign is that we wouldn&rsquo;t know who won on Election Day.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>No one expected that in 2000 because even back then the expectation had long been that election results are known on Election Day, save for extremely rare circumstances.<\/p>\n<p>As we enter the final leg of the election cycle, the left and its propaganda press allies are trying hard to downplay concerns about delayed election results, keeping voters in suspense while officials take days to announce outcomes that may change days <em>after<\/em> Election Day.<\/p>\n<p>These delays understandably breed distrust in the electoral process, and pointing out that there&rsquo;s no good reason for such delays doesn&rsquo;t make you an &ldquo;election denier&rdquo; or a spreader of &ldquo;false narratives about election fraud.&rdquo; It rather shows that you&rsquo;re paying attention, and that you&rsquo;re right to think that our elections are not being conducted as freely or fairly as they should be.<\/p>\n<p><em>For more election news and updates, visit&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/electionbriefing.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>electionbriefing.com<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Brianna Lyman is an elections correspondent at The Federalist. Brianna graduated from Fordham University with a degree in International Political Economy. Her work has been featured on Newsmax, Fox News, Fox Business and RealClearPolitics. 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