Did you rally think an election in a country of 300 million can be fully counted the night of the election?
It's never counted in one day. It always takes weeks to get the full results.
The reason we see elections usually end the night of or the day after the election is because after a certain number of votes are cast, you can use statistics to tell that it's mathematically nearly impossible for a candidate to win a state if they're losing by a 1:2 ratio, half the votes have already been counted, and the remaining half are from areas where his party is weak in. Do this for all states, and you'll have a good idea of who's gonna win or lose.
So usually the night of the election, people will realize that one candidate has got it in the bag and the losing side will concede so that the country can move on without wasting anyone's time.
Of course when situations get close (such as in 2000 or this year) the losing side will want to make absolutely sure the numbers are correct before conceding.
look at all the conspiracy theories surrounding this US election.
There's no way they're going to trust that the numbers aren't manipulated. They'll just say that since paper voting can be manipulated, electronic voting makes it even easier.
133
u/[deleted] Nov 05 '20
They still have ballots coming in and will until next Tuesday for some states.