[Amerigomag]

Fresno County still had over 10,000 absentee ballots to count as of last evening and absentee ballots don't show up in the stats until they are counted. Fresno has a close local election and has warned the candidates involved that it won't be able to certify the election until early December because of determinations with provisional ballots which are also uncounted.

[LexBaird]

absentee ballots don't show up in the stats until they are counted.

I know. IMO, the republican GOTV effort is overly reliant on absentee voting. Too often these votes are never counted, because of some statistical model says it won't change an end result. Many races, even if still lost, would be shown to be much closer if these votes were tabulated as they should be.

If the GOTV pushed actually getting to the polls, it would positively effect exit polling and early returns, which in turn would effect evening voting patterns.