Election results take time to count based on the number of mail-in ballots that need processing, the margins of the contests and the state’s laws for counting the votes.
In Nevada, mail in ballots can be received until Nov. 12 as long as they are postmarked before Election Day.
Arizona’s most populous county had a record number of mail ballots dropped off on Election Day. All of these have to be processed; that takes time.
Former President Donald Trump claimed without providing evidence that there’s fraud going on in Nevada and Arizona because election officials are still counting ballots.
"Clark County, Nevada, has a corrupt voting system (be careful Adam!), as do many places in our soon to be Third World Country," Trump said Nov. 10 on his social media platform Truth Social. Trump was referring to Nevada’s Republican candidate for Senate, Adam Laxalt.
Trump also said: "Arizona even said ‘by the end of the week!’ - They want more time to cheat! Kari Lake MUST win!"
Lake is the Republican candidate for governor in Arizona. At the time of Trump’s post, Laxalt was ahead of Democratic incumbent Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, and Lake was trailing Democratic candidate Katie Hobbs. Trump endorsed both Lake and Laxalt.
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