1 day Ago By Stacy Robinson
Although two weeks have passed since election night, several races for the U.S. House of Representatives have yet to be called.
Republicans are expected to maintain a majority in the House, but the outcome of five races will determine how much of a voting cushion the GOP will have for the next two years. At stake are the sweeping changes promised by President-elect Donald Trump, who will need nearly all Republicans to vote along party lines to fund and push through his initiatives. These include renewal of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which expires on Dec.
31, 2025; funding for his promised border wall,;and other infrastructure projects such as a proposed re-expansion of lunar travel and space-related manufacturing. In some states, the delay in declaring a winner is due to the verification process for mail-in ballots. California sends every registered voter a mail-in ballot, and if they are filled out incorrectly, they are not discarded.
Instead, the ballots are “cured,” or fixed, by poll workers who contact the voter to verify their details. Thirty-three U.S.
states have ballot curing, but the large states with a large proportion of mail-in ballots take longer to finish counting. In some states and the District of Columbia, votes received after Election Day may be counted weeks afterward, as long as they are postmarked by Nov. 5.
Deadlines for local and state officials to certify the election vary from state to state. Because no candidate received more than 50 percent of the vote, the election will advance to ranked-choice tabulation on Nov. 20.
Voters rank the four candidates from their first preference to their last, with each rank assigned a point value. The candidate with the most points at the end wins. Local officials have until November 26 to certify the election, but Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose has said he expects the process to be completed by Nov.
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