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The thing is, we've always had "absentee" ballots here, which are "mailed in" but now they are talking about all votes being mailed in. That opens an entirely new scenario, and not a good one because votes have to be tallied as they come in over time and that leaves a lot of room for cheating. Even early voting is problematic, I think, but we've edged that more and more into the process.
"It is a common misconception that absentee ballots are only counted during very tight races. This misconception stems from two things: one, absentee ballots are often counted for days after the election since many are coming from abroad; two, absentee ballots are often a small percentage of all voted ballots. Many elections have a clear winner, so the absentee ballots that are still being counted after election night don't affect the results as predicted right after the polls close. As absentee voting becomes more popular, however, an increasing number of elections are decided by absentee ballots."
https://help.vote.org/article/8-are-absentee-ballots-counted