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Opinion: Why we probably won’t know who the next president is on election night

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Election officials are lowering expectations, saying you’ll just have to wait a while.

Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson has said her state won’t know its election results until the day after the election.

Maricopa County , Ariz. election officials have warned it will take them 10 to 13 days to count all the ballots.

There are 17 states that accept mail ballots that arrive after Election Day .