Is there a difference in the way early voting ballots are handled versus absentee ballots?
I thought absentee ballots only actually got counted if they could make a difference after the election day’s vote tally was completed. So if a candidate was up by 10,000 votes and there were 11,000 absentees ballots not opened, they wouldn’t be opened because it would be unlikely for them to go 90+% to the other guy.
So, are early vote ballots treated like that?
All absentee ballots are counted. Provisional ballots may or may not be counted.