Heres why these states will take the longest to count 2024 presidential election votes

Election Day is set to turn into Election Week, or even Election Month, for millions of voters around the country.In 2020, the last polls closed on Tuesday, Nov.3, but it took four days — until Saturday, Nov.

7 — for President Biden to be projected the winner due to delays in ballot tabulation, leading to unsubstantiated claims of fraud by Donald Trump and his allies that continue to reverberate.This time around, even without the wrinkle of a global pandemic, Republicans and Democrats will still be waiting a while for several states to determine their results.While some of these states’ slowness won’t be crucial to the outcome of the presidential race, they could delay calls in key down-ballot races — as well as the battle for control of Congress.Here are some of the slowest slowpokes among the 50 states.Polls close: 12 a.m.ET Wednesday in most of the state, 1 a.m.

Wednesday in parts of the Aleutian Islands.Despite having the third-smallest population of any state in the union, the Last Frontier is notorious for being one of the last to get its ballots counted thanks to its peculiar election rules and its scattered, mostly rural population.State law requires early votes turned in at regional elections offices on or before the Thursday prior to Election Day (Oct.31, in this case) to be counted on election night.

However, absentee ballots and early votes cast after that time frame must be tallied up by seven days after polls close (Nov.12), according to the Alaska Division of Elections.That means that the House race between Democratic incumbent Mary Peltola and Republican challenger Nick Begich III, could be among the last to be called.Polls close: 9 p.m.

ETArizona permits election officials to begin processing mail-in ballots after early voting begins — but crucially requires officials to wait until after polls close to count them.During the 2022 midterms, some 20% of mail-in votes were dropped off on Election Day, requiring time-consuming verificat...