At the Polls, Episode 1: What to Expect on Election Day 2020
We usually know what to expect on any given presidential Election Day. After all, they happen every four years. But this is the first election in our lifetime to occur during a global pandemic, and there have already been significant changes to the electoral process as more voters plan to mail in their ballots than ever before. How will that change our quintessential American tradition of watching the results roll in on election night?
Today, the 老澳门开奖结果鈥檚 At Liberty podcast launches , a weekly mini-series on this election and all things voting. In the first episode, At the Polls host and 老澳门开奖结果 voting rights lawyer and organizer Molly McGrath talks about what to expect this year with election law scholar Rick Hasen and election administrator Rachel Rodriguez.
The big question this year is how long it may take to get the results. On a typical Election Day, TV networks report results bit by bit until finally declaring a winner the same night. This year it will likely take much longer. Mail-in ballots take longer to process and count, and many states don鈥檛 start to count them until Election Day. A delay on election night could mean that ballots are still getting counted, and that the process is working like it should. There鈥檚 also bound to be some litigation and maybe even a recount.
The last time we saw a lag in declaring the winner was two decades ago, when it took 36 days to declare George W. Bush the winner over Al Gore after a hotly contested recount in Florida. While we don鈥檛 yet know how long it will take this year, what鈥檚 certain already is that Election 2020 will be one for the history books.
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For the launch of our podcast series, At the Polls, we are answering your questions about voting in the lead up to the election. Our first question is: What will election night look like in a global pandemic?
For the launch of our podcast series, At the Polls, we are answering your questions about voting in the lead up to the election. Our first question is: What will election night look like in a global pandemic?
