Officials are always going to prioritize accuracy, integrity and transparency over speed. And just because you're waiting until the early morning hours doesn't mean that anything has gone wrong. This just means that election officials again are prioritizing accuracy over speed in order to ensure that every legitimate ballot gets counted. One of the reasons it takes a while to count votes in Wisconsin is because state law doesn't let election workers start processing absentee ballots until Election Day. (00:29–00:40)
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Asserts that election officials prioritize accuracy over speed to ensure every legitimate ballot is counted.
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