President Donald Trump and other Republicans have long criticized states that take weeks to count their ballots after Election Day.

FILE – People wait in line to early vote for the U.S. Senate runoff election in Georgia between Sen. Raphael Warnock and challenger Herschel Walker, on Nov. 28, 2022, in Kennesaw, Ga., near Atlanta.

Early in-person voting begins Friday in Virginia’s 11th Congressional District as voters prepare to choose a successor to the ...

Earlier this year, GOP lawmakers in Kansas ended the state’s practice of accepting mail ballots up to three days after election day, a change that will take effect for next year’s midterms.

Dean Logan, Los Angeles County’s chief election official, told Congress in May that his team counted nearly 97% of the 3.8 million ballots cast within a week of Election Day in 2024.

Trump's rhetoric motivates Republican states. Republicans in five states have passed legislation since the 2020 election moving the mail ballot deadline to Election Day, according to the Voting ...

Earlier this year, GOP lawmakers in Kansas ended the state’s practice of accepting mail ballots up to three days after Election Day, a change that will take effect for next year’s midterms ...

ATLANTA — President Donald Trump and other Republicans have long criticized states that take weeks to count their ballots after Election Day. This year has seen a flurry of activity to address it.