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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.
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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 may take days after Election Day. Tuesday to be revealed.
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 ballots must be received by 5 p.m. on Election Day.
Ballots may be pre-processed in some jurisdictions beginning Oct. 29, but will not be counted until polls close on Tuesday.
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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 to vote absentee and ballot counting may begin at 7:00 a.m. on Election Day.
Last Wednesday, the Supreme Court of the United States left a ruling by the Pennsylvania Superior Court standing that state officials can accept ballots by mail three days after Tuesday’s election, as long as they have an Election Day postmark. .
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 01:00 EST (05:00 and 06:00 GMT) Wednesday, with more updates later that morning. .
Georgia
Electoral votes: 16
The polls have been closed.
Qualification in the presidential race: Toss-up
Other key races: Both US Senate seats are up for grabs and are considered competitive.
Vote Counting: Georgia has no excuse to vote absentee. The clerks must receive the ballots before the polls close on Election Day.
Ballots can be opened and scanned upon receipt, but could not be counted until after the polls closed 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. .
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 06:00 EST Wednesday due to the amount 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.
Secretaries can begin scanning and counting absentee votes at 07:00 on Tuesday.
Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson said Tuesday night that ballot counting was proceeding smoothly and that she expected a more complete 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.
Florida
Electoral votes: 29
The polls have been closed.
Qualification in the presidential race: Toss-up
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 5:00 p.m. on Thursday.
North Carolina
Electoral votes: 15
The polls have been closed.
Qualification in the presidential race: Toss-up
Other key careers: Competitive Governor and US Senate contests.
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.
Ohio
Electoral votes: 18
The polls have been closed.
Qualification in the presidential race: Toss-up
Other Key Careers: Competitive US House Contest 1st District
Vote Counting: Ohio has no excuse to vote absentee. Ballots could be scanned, but not counted, as of October 6.
Absentee ballots are 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.
Texas
Electoral votes: 38
The polls have been closed.
Qualification in the presidential race: Toss-up
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 they are postmarked on Tuesday and received before 5:00 PM the day after the election. For military and foreign voters, that deadline is extended until the end of activities on November 9.
Minnesota
Electoral votes: 10
The polls have been closed.
Qualification in presidential race: Democratic Leans
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.
Starting October 20, ballots can be opened and registered, but results are only tabulated after polls close 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 Careers: Competitive US Senate Contest.
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.
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 had to be received before the polls close on Election Day or before 12:00 on the following Monday if they were postmarked November 2.
Election officials were allowed to start opening ballot envelopes on the Saturday before the election and begin scanning and tabulating them on Monday.
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