According to the NCSL, 37 states, including Georgia, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, do not allow vote counting to begin until Election Day. In 14 of those states, counting isn’t allowed to begin until the polls close.
But twelve states do allow vote counting to begin before Election Day, according to the NCSL. Those states are Arizona, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, Virginia and Utah.
Connecticut leaves vote count timing up to the discretion of the local registrar of voters, the NCSL says.
According to the NCSL, 37 states, including Georgia, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, do not allow vote counting to begin until Election Day. In 14 of those states, counting isn’t allowed to begin until the polls close.
But twelve states do allow vote counting to begin before Election Day, according to the NCSL. Those states are Arizona, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, Virginia and Utah.
Connecticut leaves vote count timing up to the discretion of the local registrar of voters, the NCSL says.
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