How does the count work after November 3rd?

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We're now on the verge of an election like no other.

That's according to minnesota secretary of state steve simon... who says things may be a bit different from what people are used to on election night next week.

Kimt news three's anthony monzon joins us live with what the minnesota and iowa secretaries of state are saying about when we'll know election results.

Anthony?

Katie... george... minnesota secretary of state steve simon says we will not have 100 percent of results in on election night... and that is by design.

But both he and iowa secretary of state paul d.

Pate say there is a strong possibility we will be able to determine the outcome of many races on november third.

"election night, as i'm sure you've figured out by now, is going to look and feel different from what minnesotans and the rest of the country are used to."

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"that has downstream effects for the rate at which votes come in, and what election night and really election week after that looks like."

Iowa secretary of state paul d pate says while accuracy is his first priority... hawkeye state residents can anticipate having election results next tuesday night or the following morning.

'we've got some record numbers of voter turnout.

The early voting through the absentee voting process, we're looking at about 40 percent of iowans are going to use that process, so those will already be tabulated during the election day while everybody else is voting.

So we'll have those all done and ready to roll out right after the polls close.

And as quick as the polling locations turn over their vote tabulations, we'll be adding that to election night results."

In minnesota... secretary of state steve simon also says there is a strong possibility races could be called either on election night or shortly thereafter.

"just because we won't have all the results in for a week, just because we won't have all the final ballots coming in that can be counted for a week doesn't mean that everyone is going to be while simon and pate are confident about initial election outcomes being known relatively quickly... they say if races prove to be very close... that could delay final results.

Live in rochester... anthony monzon... kimt news three.

Thank you anthony.

Both the biden and trump campaigns are lining up lawyers in the event the presidential election is decided in the courts perhaps even the high court.

Today supreme court justice neil gorsuch rejected the bid of minnesota second district congressional candidate tyler kistner to intervene in a case that could have delayed the 2nd district race until february.

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President trump's first supreme court appointment?

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