It took five days for Joe Biden’s 2020 victory to be called, and yet, despite numerous recounts and other analyses all proving that Biden did win the election, there are still people claiming the election was stolen and still states that have “iffy” processes that haven’t been tightened up.
There are also people running for office promising to consider the election stolen if they don’t win, e.g., Kari Lake and Mark Finche in Arizona. Now how can that be? As of today, there are more than seven weeks until the election. The votes have not been cast yet, so HELLO! When the voters have not voted, their votes cannot be counted.
One thing that could help speed the counting is “preprocessing.” 26 states do it now. Learn about it in Montellaro’s report for Politico.