Election Day has passed, but four of the biggest races have yet to be called. The Arizona Senate race, the Florida gubernatorial and Senate races, and the Georgia gubernatorial race have narrow margins between Democratic and Republican candidates. Here is a look at where vote counts — and possible recounts — stand in the three states several days after voters across the country hit the polls: Arizona Votes from Election Day are still being tabulated in Arizona. As of Saturday morning, Democrat Kyrsten Sinema was leading the race against Republican Martha McSally by around 20,000 votes. McSally had led by a narrow margin in the days after Election Day, but Sinema took the lead when ballots from heavily Democratic areas such as Maricopa County were counted. One reason it is taking days to count the votes is that around three-quarters of Arizona’s voters send mail-in ballots, meaning that they fill out their votes at home and mail them to their county board of elections. Since some mail-in ballots arrive close to Election Day, it takes longer to count them. Additionally, Maricopa County and Pima County — two primarily Democratic counties — allow voters to address problems with their mail-in ballots up to five days after the election if there is a disparity between the signature on their voter registration and the signature on the ballot envelope. Last week, four county Republican parties sued to prevent counties from trying to verify signatures after polls closed. Arizona Democrats and Republicans reached a settlement… [Read full story]
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