Ohioans won't know final, official election results for weeks [View all]

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Source: Columbus Dispatch

Prepare yourselves, Ohioans. Election night will be more like election month.

Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose warned voters during a Tuesday press conference that results reported after the polls close on Election Day will be strictly unofficial, and he said state law bars his office and county boards of elections from reporting any additional results until the official canvass is completed weeks later.

With as many as half of Ohio voters expected to cast absentee ballots, that means results hanging on a thin margin could change in the official results, and it could be nearly Thanksgiving before those are reported.

“The numbers will change between election night and the final certification. That’s not a sign of something nefarious. In fact it’s the contrary. It’s a sign of the system working like it’s supposed to,” LaRose said.

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