somebody answered that "nobody" counts them... that may bit a bit facetious but... truer than you think. The Republican's got all excited over large absentee numbers when it's very easy not to count or make them disappear.
How do you make hundreds of thousands of absentee ballots "disappear"? The numbers of ballots already received has been published in many states. In Colorado alone there were almost 700,000 early votes and absentee ballots submitted. That equals 1/3 of the expected overall turnout. Numbers like that just don't "disappear".