What time do they start counting votes in the U.S.? Find out amid the 2024 election.
Now that Election Day is here, voters don’t want a repeat of 2020. During that election, President Joe Biden‘s victory against Donald Trump wasn’t announced until four days later. Americans anxiously awaited the outcome against the world’s largest issue at the time: the COVID-19 pandemic. In some states, early and mail-in ballots aren’t counted until the day of the presidential election. And this time around, 75 million voters chose to cast their ballots before November 5. So, when does the vote counting process officially begin?
Below, learn about the vote-counting process as Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris race to the White House.
The vote counting process varies state by state.
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