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After the 2020 presidential election took days to call, many states reworked how they process mail ballots with the goal of delivering results faster — and cutting off oxygen for conspiracy theories that flourished as the country waited for results.
Election officials are optimistic that the 2024 vote count will be smoother without the many challenges the pandemic election of 2020 posed to officials. But in the event of a close race, a handful of key battleground states could keep Americans waiting well beyond Election Day yet again to learn who will be president for the following four years.
Clerks in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin — two of the most closely divided states in the 2020 election — still will not be able to process any mail ballots prior to Election Day, despite efforts of state lawmakers to change the rules. That means there could again be a massive pileup of absentee ballots to sort through in those states Nov. 5, along with the in-person vote.
And in North Carolina, a battleground state that has leaned Republican at the presidential level, changes to the state’s voter ID law and early voting process could slow the count.
While longer waits for results are not a sign of problems, experts warn they can be spun that way — as Donald Trump and his allies did in 2020.
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BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Laila, of suburban Oakland County, Michigan, came to vote with her mother today and is among those casting a ballot for the “uncommitted” option in protest of Biden’s support for Israel.
She hopes the protest votes in today’s primary election will pressure the Biden administration to publicly support a cease-fire in Israel’s war against Hamas.
“What made us come out and vote today, I think, is the desire for peace, the desire to put pressure on the current administration for a cease-fire, because we want peace for everybody around the world regardless of their faith and their race,” Laila said. “And so I think for the Arab American population and everybody in support of peace, I think today is, it’s dire that we make it out to the polls today.”
At Dearborn High School in the Arab American enclave of Dearborn, Michigan, several voters told NBC News this morning that they voted “uncommitted” to send a message to the Biden administration. They expressed their frustration with the administration not calling for a cease-fire in Gaza.
“We feel like he’s been telling us and acting like he’s hearing us, but I don’t believe he’s hearing us based on actions,” one voter told NBC News.
In addition, some voters here who consider themselves independents said they cast their ballot this morning for Nikki Haley because they are concerned about the age of both Biden and Trump.
“They’re too old. We need a younger generation who have different ideas than the older generation,” another voter said.
Meanwhile, a sizable number of Haley voters in a suburb of Grand Rapids say they cast their ballots as a protest against Trump, with some of them considering themselves closer to the Democratic Party while others identify closer to independents or moderate Republicans.
Long-shot GOP presidential candidate Ryan Binkley suspended his campaign Tuesday morning and endorsed former President Donald Trump.
“I am suspending my campaign for the presidency of the United States of America and offering my endorsement and unwavering support for President Trump,” Binkley announced on his X account.
Despite claiming to have visited all of Iowa’s 99 counties and pouring millions of dollars of personal money into his presidential bid, Binkley bows out of the race with 0 pledged delegates. The Texas pastor and businessman with no prior political experience ran on a platform focused on restoring America’s inner cities and strengthening public education.
But his message failed to resonate in Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina, encumbered by low name recognition.
If you’re planning to follow along tonight as the results map lights up one county at a time, here are some key areas to keep an eye on.
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Biden is besting Trump among union-household voters, according to merged data from the most recent national NBC News polls.
But Biden’s support from the key demographic group is down slightly from where it was in the 2020 election.
Biden and Trump have battled for union support, especially in battleground Michigan, with Biden joining a union picket line in September and Trump holding his own competing event speaking at a nonunion auto parts company in the state.
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