Another week? This is simply absurd. This election is descending into farce.
ZitatThe presidential contest and balance of power in the Senate may depend on North Carolina voters, but results may not be finalized until next Thursday or Friday, when county-level canvass meetings are held.
"Under very few exceptions would North Carolina's numbers move before the 12th or the 13th [of November]," North Carolina State Board of Elections Executive Director Karen Brinson Bell said at a news conference on Wednesday.
The North Carolina State Board of Elections released the number of provisional ballots cast in each county on Thursday, as required by law. The approximately 40,000 ballots must be examined at the county level to determine if they're eligible to be counted.
"Ballots determined to be cast by eligible voters will be added to the results after county board absentee meetings scheduled through November 13," the State Board said in a statement on Thursday. "The State Board is compiling a schedule of county board meetings and will release it as soon as possible."