Vote counting

The post-election period will closely mirror 2020, with Republicans again prepared to contest the results in races where ballots are still being counted.
City Commissioner Al Schmidt, a Republican, said he doesn't understand the "controversy" surrounding vote-counting.
Some GOP officials called out the president for baselessly alleging voter fraud in the 2020 election. Others went all-in on his inflammatory rhetoric.
"The Late Late Show" host ribbed the pivotal state, which is still counting tens of thousands of votes.
Across Pennsylvania, activists were prepared to confront a right-wing disinformation effort aimed at delegitimizing the 2020 election results.
As Democrat Joe Biden gained ground in key states, the president peddled conspiracy theories about fraud and threatened legal action.
The president's fans were angry at the network for calling Arizona for Joe Biden.
The president said in the final days of the campaign that he wanted vote counting to stop on election night – a strategy to preserve a temporary lead in the count.
The president said he would go to the Supreme Court to declare him the winner, even though many battleground states have yet to release full results.
Opponents alleged vote rigging, even though the preliminary results put him in the lead.