After months of local and national media priming the pump for ambiguous or delayed results on election day, Georgia has become the latest state to say the count could be delayed beyond Nov. 5.
Georgia joins Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin, as well as Arizona, Nevada, and North Carolina — each a critical swing state with thin margins — in expecting delayed results on election night. Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensberger has said the count in that state could be held up for votes from overseas.
Claims of late-night ballot dumps, states called prematurely, or Georgia’s inability to audit ballots in Fulton County, became a convenient slur for Democrats and legacy media to smear Trump supporters as conspiracy theorists or “election-deniers.” But the slurs and lack of sunlight from officials, including officials fighting calls for transparency tooth and nail, now exacerbated by the specter of delayed results, have done little to inspire confidence in the system itself, and therein lies the problem. Will the threat of delayed results add fuel to the fire?
Why Are These Swing States All Expecting Delayed Election Results?
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