There are still tens of thousands of military absentee ballots yet to be counted
Could absentee ballots coming from military voters and U.S. citizens overseas still make a difference in this election, even after most of the counting is done?
That remains to be seen, with the changing margins of votes. In four of the states that are still in play for the president’s race, election officials allow absentee ballots from military voters and overseas citizens to arrive after Election Day. That includes Pennsylvania, which requires those ballots to be signed by Nov. 2, but can arrive up until 5 p.m. on Nov. 10.
Wisconsin and Michigan were still up in the air as of this writing, but those military and overseas votes had to be in to election officials by 8 p.m. on Election Day.
The military and overseas ballots could also be a factor in some close Senate races.
According to Associated Press numbers as of 10 a.m. Wednesday, President Donald Trump was ahead of Joe Biden by 560,010 votes in Pennsylvania. There are more than 1.4 million mail-in votes yet to be counted in Pennsylvania. But through Nov. 10, valid ballots can still arrive from military absentee voters and U.S. citizens overseas. It’s anyone guess as to how the margins will change, but in the 2016 presidential election, Pennsylvania counted a total of 22,327 ballots from these voters, to include 7,788 military ballots, according to the U.S. Election Assistance Commission.
North Carolina: The margin of Trump over Biden was 76,712 votes, with the count continuing. In 2016, there were 17,201 military and overseas absentee ballots counted, including 6,317 military. But in North Carolina, local election officials accept absentee ballots from military and overseas voters through Nov. 12 — and no postmark is required on the ballot.
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