The secretaries of state for Georgia and Michigan appeared on CBS News’s Face the Nation last Sunday and made very different promises. One promised that his state’s election results would be finalized on election night, and the other said her state’s would not. Congress established an Election Day, not election week or month, and it is time states followed that law.

Asked by host Margaret Brennan how long it would take to tabulate votes, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger was crystal clear. “In Georgia, 100% of all the votes cast will be on a paper ballot. … But we also just put into law this year with SB-189 that all early votes and all early accepted ballots … will have to have their results reported by 8 p.m.”