A top election official in Georgia’s Secretary of State’s office said the voting results will be mostly complete by 8 p.m. ET during the Nov. 5 contest.
Georgia Deputy Elections Director Michael Barnes said in an on-camera interview Monday that “come eight o’clock tomorrow night, we may have a very good picture of what the results might be.”
Under state law, counties across Georgia—a state that is expected to play a pivotal role in the presidential election—have to report their early and mail-in voting numbers to the Secretary of State’s office by 8 p.m.
“Really the big dumps” of ballots “will come early as opposed to late. At least that’s our anticipation,” Barnes said, adding that counties have already processed early voting before Election Day….
