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By Reuters 
3h ago
By Michael Martina and Julia Harte
The US presidential election will be decided by a dozen states that could lean toward President Donald Trump, a Republican, or his Democratic challenger Joe Biden.
These states will play a critical role in delivering the 270 electoral college votes needed to win the White House. Due to an increase in voting by mail amid the coronavirus pandemic, as well as different state rules on when ballots can be counted, final results for all states are expected to take days to be revealed.
FLORIDA
Electoral votes: 29
Winner: Trump
Other key careers: Competitive races of the US House of Representatives in Districts 15 and 26
Vote Counting: Florida has no excuse to vote absentee. Election officials could begin scanning ballots more than three weeks before Election Day, but the results could not be generated until after the polls closed. All ballots had to be received before the polls close on Election Day to be counted. However, ballots marked for signature errors can be corrected until 5 pm Thursday.
OHIO
Electoral votes: 18
Winner: Trump
Other Key Careers: United States Rep. Steve Chabot, a Republican, appears to have won reelection in the 1st District.
Vote Counting: Ohio has no excuse to vote absentee. Ballots can be scanned, but not counted, starting October 6. The absentee ballots were the first to be counted on election night. Ballots by mail had to be postmarked no later than Monday and received 10 days after Tuesday’s election to be counted.
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Electoral votes: 4
Winner: Biden
Other Key Careers: Gov. Chris Sununu, a Republican, appears to have won reelection.
Vote Counting: New Hampshire state officials have said that all voters can cast an absentee ballot if they have concerns about Covid-19, and the ballots must be received by 5 p.m. on Election Day. Ballots can be pre-processed in some jurisdictions beginning October 29, but will not be counted until the polls close on Tuesday.
MINNESOTA
Electoral votes: 10
Winner: Biden
Other Key Careers: Competitive Competitions for the US Senate and US House in Districts 1 and 7
Vote Counting: Minnesota has an unexcused absentee vote and ballots must be pre-processed within five days of receipt. As of October 20, ballots could be opened and recorded, but the results were only tabulated after the polls closed on Election Day. A federal appeals court ruled last week that the state plan to count absentee ballots received after Election Day was illegal.
ARIZONA
Electoral votes: 11
The polls have been closed.
Qualification in the presidential race: Democrat leaning
Other key races: Democratic challenger Mark Kelly appears to have won the United States Senate seat currently held by Republican Martha McSally.
Vote Counting: Arizona has no excuse to vote absentee. All ballots had to arrive before the polls closed on Election Day. Ballots can be scanned and tabulated as early as 14 days prior to Tuesday, but results are not reported until after polls close on Election Day.
GEORGIA
Electoral votes: 16
The polls have been closed.
Rating in Presidential Race: Leaning Republican
Other key races: The race for a seat in the United States Senate will proceed to a runoff between a Democrat and a Republican. The other race is considered competitive.
Vote Counting: Georgia has no excuse to vote absentee. The clerks had to receive the ballots before the polls closed on Election Day. Ballots can be opened and scanned upon receipt, but cannot be counted until after the polls close on Tuesday. Officials in Fulton County, home to Atlanta and one-tenth of all Georgians, warned Tuesday that their vote counting would not be finalized until Wednesday after a burst pipe delayed processing of the absentee ballot by mail during at least two hours, according to local reports. .
PENNSYLVANIA
Electoral votes: 20
The polls have been closed.
Qualification in presidential race: Democratic Leans
Other Key Careers: Competitive US House Contests in Districts 1 and 10
Vote Counting: Pennsylvania has no excuse for absentee voting, and the counting of votes could begin at 7 am on Election Day. Last week, the Supreme Court of the United States upheld a Pennsylvania Superior Court ruling that state officials could accept mail-in ballots three days after Tuesday’s election, as long as they were postmarked on Election Day. . Elections officials in Philadelphia, the state’s largest county and a Democratic stronghold, said Tuesday night that they expected to release more results between midnight and 1 a.m. EST (0500 and 0600 GMT) Wednesday, with more updates later. that morning.
WISCONSIN
Electoral votes: 10
The polls have been closed.
Qualification in presidential race: Democratic Leans
Other key races: No United States Senate or Governor races on the ballot
Vote Counting: Wisconsin has no excuse to vote absentee. State election officials cannot count mail-in ballots that arrive after Election Day, the United States Supreme Court ruled on October 26. Ballots could not be counted until the polls opened on Tuesday. The director of the Board of Elections in Milwaukee County, the most populous in the state, said Tuesday night that the county’s presidential vote count would not be completed until at least 6 a.m. EST Wednesday due to the number of absentee ballots received.
MICHIGAN
Electoral votes: 16
The polls have been closed.
Qualification in presidential race: Democratic Leans
Other Key Careers: Competitive US Senate Contest.
Vote Counting: Michigan has no excuse to vote absentee. Ballots had to arrive at the clerks’ offices before the polls closed on Election Day. Some heavily populated jurisdictions in the state, such as Detroit, began ranking absentee votes on Monday, but the vast majority did not. Clerks could begin scanning and counting absentee votes at 7 a.m. on Tuesday. Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson said Tuesday night that she expected a fuller picture of the state’s results in 24 hours before initial screenings. He said absentee ballots could exceed 3.3 million, while in-person voting ends at 2 million to 2.5 million.
NORTH CAROLINA
Electoral votes: 15
The polls have been closed.
Rating in Presidential Race: Leaning Republican
Other key races: Competitive US Senate contest not called Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper appears to have won re-election.
Vote Counting: North Carolina has no excuse for absentee voting. Absentee ballots could be scanned weeks in advance, but the results could not be counted before Election Day. In a blow to Trump, the United States Supreme Court last week refused to block the state’s plan to count ballots that are postmarked Tuesday and arrive before November 12.
TEXAS
Electoral votes: 38
The polls have been closed.
Qualification in the presidential race: Leans Republican
Other Key Careers: Competitive US Senate Contest.
Vote Counting: Texas voters must qualify to vote by mail, for example, by being over the age of 65, ill or disabled, or not being present in their voting county during the early voting period until 9:00 p.m. elections. All voters can vote early in person. The population of a county determines when elections officials can pre-process and count mail-in ballots. If the county has more than 100,000 residents, the ballots can be counted after the polls close on the last day of early voting in person in the state, which was October 30. Ballots will continue to be counted if postmarked by Tuesday and received before 5pm on Wednesday. For military and foreign voters, that deadline runs until the end of operations on November 9.
NEVADA
Electoral votes: 6
The polls have been closed.
Qualification in presidential race: Democratic Leans
Other key contests: No United States Senate or Governor races on the ballot
Vote Counting: Nevada has no excuse for absentee voting and ballots can be processed once received. Nevada officials could begin scanning and recording ballots 14 days before an election, but the results are not released until election night. Ballots postmarked Tuesday will be counted as long as they arrive within seven days of the election.
IOWA
Electoral votes: 6
The polls have been closed.
Qualification in the presidential race: Toss-up
Other Key Careers: Competitive US Senate Contest.
Vote Counting: Iowa has no excuse to vote absentee. Ballots were to be received before the polls close on Election Day or before noon the following Monday if they are postmarked November 2. Election officials were allowed to begin opening the ballot envelopes on the Saturday before the elections and begin scanning and tabulating them. Monday.
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