US Elections
US Midterms: Officials Predict Nevada Senate Result Could Take Days
Control of Congress is still very much up for grabs. A few key races are too close to call and the counting may go on for several more days.
Eko Hot Blog reports that one of the key races for the control of Senate is in Nevada, where early Wednesday morning, Democrat Senator Catherine Cortez Masto was trailing her Republican opponent, Adam Laxalt by a narrow margin.
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State election officials predict the final result may take several days as they are flooded by thousands of mail-in ballots and it will take time to count those.
As per state election laws, they can be counted if they arrive as late as Saturday, if they have been postmarked by election day.
An election officials in Washoe County told the New York Times that she was expecting roughly 16,000 mail-in ballots to arrive on Election Day, and those votes would not be counted until Thursday because poll workers were so behind.
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As competitive as the race maybe, this hasn’t stopped both candidates from projecting confidence in their victory.
SOURCE:BBC
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