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In washington, doug luzader, fox news.

>> leah: right now taking a look as counters continue to work in philadelphia where final votes are still being counted.

>> jon: that process has never been done in some people would call quick but obviously with this election being so closely watched this year people want the results like yesterday.

Brooke schwieters spoke with election officials here at south carolina about why counting every single ballot can't be done in the popular in one day.

Brooke?

>> brooke: jon, it depends where you are.

Every state provides its own election results certification deadline.

Now, here in south carolina as we reported all of our votes have been counted.

Our deadline is november 11th.

That's next wednesday.

How about those key states, the ones we are really following closely right now.

According to ballotpeda georgia has until twentieth of this month.

Pen until november 23rd.

North carolina twenty-fourth of november.

Get this nevada has until the first of december.

Meaning those election results are unofficial until the date.

Now, i spoke with chris whitmeyer with the south carolina elections commissions just yesterday.

He explained when the polls closed election night it begins the canvassing period.

>> process of ensuring that you counted every single vote cast, accurately and completely and includes it includes hand count audit of precinct and includes what's going on in dorchester.

Reviewing the reconciliations from the polling mace that -- place that reconciles number of ballots against number of voters that actually checked in.

>> brooke: a lot going onk as --, of course, as you could hear between election night and certification.

If they find margin 1% or less recount is necessary and certify ballots on the county level.

South carolina elections commission will then meet on the tenth to