[ti:Mail-in Voting May Delay US Presidential Election Results]
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[00:01.80]On the night of presidential elections in the United States,
[00:06.04]many Americans stay up late to find out who won.
[00:10.84]The reason?
[00:12.60]Most areas use electronic voting machines and computers to count-up ballots.
[00:19.92]With electronic balloting,
[00:23.16]election results are usually reported on election night or early the next day.
[00:30.44]Because of the coronavirus pandemic, and a move to mail-in ballots,
[00:36.80]it is likely that Americans will not know who won the presidency on election night.
[00:43.40]If that happens, some people are worried
[00:46.92]that U.S. President Donald Trump may not accept the results.
[00:52.16]Some state election officials recently warned
[00:56.64]that it may take days to count all the ballots that arrive in the mail.
[01:01.88]They must be mailed by Election Day, Tuesday, November 3.
[01:07.28]If the election is as close as it was in 2016,
[01:12.68]that delay may prevent news organizations from calling a winner.
[01:17.64]Jocelyn Benson is Secretary of State in Michigan
[01:22.44]and a member of the state's Democratic Party.
[01:26.80]She said, "It may be several days before we know the outcome of the election.
[01:32.40]We have to prepare for that now and accept that reality."
[01:38.28]Ohio's secretary of state, Frank LaRose, is a Republican.
[01:44.40]He has urged the public to be patient.
[01:48.88]"We've gotten accustomed to this idea that by the middle of the evening of election night,
[01:54.68]we're going to know all the results," LaRose said.
[01:59.84]He warned, "Election night reporting may take a little longer" this year.
[02:06.24]A few states already hold elections largely by mail.
[02:10.44]There, delayed results are common.
[02:14.20]But the results of a presidential election have not been in dispute since 2000.
[02:21.52]That year, problems with ballots in Florida led to weeks of chaos and legal appeals.
[02:29.72]Some election observers and Democrats worry about what may happen this year,
[02:35.44]as the president criticizes mail-in voting.
[02:39.20]Trump is a Republican.
[02:42.32]He has claimed without evidence that widespread mail balloting
[02:47.00]will lead to a "rigged" election.
[02:50.76]"It's very problematic," said Rick Hasen, a law professor with the University of California-Irvine.
[02:58.40]"There is already so much anxiety about this election
[03:02.84]because of the high levels of polarization and misinformation," he added.
[03:09.28]Hasen is among the experts who have been studying how the pandemic
[03:13.88]may cause problems for the U.S. electoral system.
[03:18.76]He recently gathered a group of academics from both political parties
[03:23.60]to suggest ways to avoid having a disputed election.
[03:28.12]Some members have thought about possible events like state legislatures
[03:34.00]or governors refusing to seat electors, or a candidate refusing to admit defeat.
[03:41.80]Since the pandemic began,
[03:44.40]many Americans have been looking for a safer alternative to in-person voting.
[03:50.64]Voters requested large numbers of mail-in ballots
[03:54.44]for presidential primary elections this spring.
[03:58.12]The state of Maryland will hold an entirely vote-by-mail primary on June 2.
[04:05.72]Election officials from both parties have supported calls for mail-in and absentee voting.
[04:13.48]Many states expect to be struggling to process
[04:16.56]millions more mail-in ballots than they usually do in November.
[04:22.28]Each state has its own rules for accepting and counting mail-in ballots.
[04:29.12]In some areas, mail-in ballots can be accepted several days after Election Day.
[04:35.76]But they must be stamped with a postmark before voting stations close.
[04:42.44]Some states count mail-in ballots as they come in,
[04:46.24]but others — like Michigan and Pennsylvania
[04:49.64]— have laws that bar processing such ballots until Election Day.
[04:54.76]That means the count will extend well into the next day.
[04:59.76]Another thing that could delay the count is that Democrats are pushing
[05:04.12]to require states to accept mail-in ballots postmarked on Election Day.
[05:11.20]Democrats have taken legal action, noting that the U.S. Supreme Court
[05:16.32]required it for Wisconsin's April 7 election.
[05:21.32]But, because of that requirement,
[05:23.96]Wisconsin did not release results from its election until April 13.
[05:30.24]Still, news organizations may try to predict a winner of the presidential election
[05:35.92]before the official vote count is completed.
[05:39.36]Those predictions are based on partial results,
[05:43.08]earlier elections and studies of likely voters.
[05:48.20]Without enough information, the broadcasters
[05:51.80]may not be able to call a winner on election night.
[05:55.52]I'm Jill Robbins. 更多听力请访问21VOA.COM
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