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Why we might not get a presidential winner on election night

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In 2020 , Kamala Harris and Donald Trump will head to the polls in the 2024 presidential race.

It takes time to count ballots, including those submitted during the early voting and mail-in period.

Some swing states, including Nevada and Michigan , have new laws and policies designed to expedite ballot counts.

But others, including the battlegrounds of Pennsylvania and Wisconsin , still don’t allow the counting of absentee ballots until Election Day .

Nevada changed its election laws after 2020 to try to release its results sooner.

In North Carolina , a new law requires county boards to wait until polls close on Election Day to begin counting.

Georgia set a new record for the most votes on the first day of early voting, with more than 305,000 votes cast.