Axios Re:Cap

Election night nightmares

America is unlikely to know the presidential winner on election night, due to the expected surge of mail-in votes. The nightmare scenario is that one candidate will appear to have won, based on initial results, but then the leader flips as more mail-in votes are counted. Dan discusses Election Day plans and concerns and why states don’t plan to just keep quiet until all of their votes are counted with New Mexico Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver, a Democrat and current president of the National Association of Secretaries of State.
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