Some experts say a clear presidential winner may emerge more quickly as this year’s votes are counted than was the case in 2020, but there are reasons to expect delays. Veuer’s Matt Hoffman reports.
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00:00When will we know who won this year's presidential election? Some experts say it may not take as long
00:04as in 2020, when a final call wasn't issued until the Saturday following election day.
00:09That year, vote counters across the country had to deal with an unprecedented surge of mail-in
00:13votes due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Michigan State University associate law professor Quinn
00:18Yergin tells The Hill, things will be different this year. Famous last words, I suppose,
00:23but I would be surprised if the process took as long as it did in 2020. However,
00:27Fox News decision desk head Arnon Mishkin disagreed, telling Politico that he thinks
00:31we'll once again be waiting until Saturday. There are some factors which could cause a delay.
00:36Two crucial swing states, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin,
00:38won't start counting absentee ballots until election day. And according to the Daily Mail,
00:43Michigan's secretary of state says that state's results may not be certified for at least a day
00:47due to a slow counting process. Of course, the longer a final result takes to emerge,
00:52the more controversial that result could be.