Moreover, the Nov. 3 results may not be ready immediately. As Tom Daschle and Bill Frist, former U.S. senators from, respectively, South Dakota and Tennessee, wrote in an op-ed in The Washington Post:
“Because of the coronavirus pandemic, millions more Americans will be voting by absentee ballot, so it will take longer to count the votes. For this reason, it is unlikely we will know the winner on election night or the day after, and that’s okay. Voters, the media, the candidates and the political parties will need to be patient.”
