Michigan Democratic Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson said on Sunday that her state likely won’t know the results of the 2024 election until 24 hours after the polls close.
Benson told CBS News’ “Face the Nation” that the timeline for this year’s election results will track closely with the 2020 election — when Michigan released the unofficial results at around 8:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The race between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris in Michigan, a vital battleground state, remains a toss-up.
“We do have more options to process ballots sooner than Election Day, which is where we were restricted in 2020, so I’m optimistic we could see results even sooner,” Benson said. “But I would estimate end of the day on Wednesday as the best guess on how we’ll perform.”
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