Democrat playbook: as long as you’re behind, keep saying “every vote counts” and employ an army of lawyers and elections board to make sure you can manufacture whatever votes you need while disqualifying as many opponent votes as possible. The second you are ahead, declare the election over and say “the people have spoken”.
Thats basically how Franken won. All the votes were counted and then a couple days later a Hennepin County election official suddenly ‘found’ a box of uncounted ballots in the back of her car.