As counting efforts continue, some are asking how other states like Florida get election results so fast while Arizona still has no answer on most of the top races.
One factor in the speed of counting is the sheer size of Maricopa County, which is the nation's second largest voting jurisdiction. For this election, 1.3 million ballots were cast in the county, and 290,000 early ballots were dropped off on Election Day.
"When people are told to drop off their early ballot on Election Day, those can't be counted that night. You can't just run them through a machine. They have to be signature checked, scanned first, signature checked, then processed by a bipartisan board before they can be counted," said former Maricopa County Recorder Helen Purcell.
"We knew from the get-go that this election was going to be close, and a lot of ours have been," said Purcell. to keep the polls open, saying he didn’t see evidence that people were not allowed to vote, and officials said those votes would be tallied throughout the week.
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