Stacey Abrams: Don’t expect a winner on election night

Published August 4, 2020 10:22pm ET



Former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams is joining congressional Democrats in warning voters not to expect the results of the presidential election on Nov. 3 due to the expected increase in mail-in ballots.

“The sheer volume of people who will be voting by mail is going to preclude the ability to count those ballots and adjudicate the outcome of the election by 11 p.m. on election night,” Abrams said Tuesday in a virtual Reuters Newsmaker event, echoing concerns from Senate Democrats that results could be delayed over mail-in ballots being delivered and counted.

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