I said that too that night—how come we don’t wait to count absentee ballots? So what if it slows down the process.
It’s like saying the votes aren’t needed.
They almost never change the outcome, and Hoffman knew that. However, he appears to be doing rather well, so it may need to be taken into consideration.
My bet is the vote total will end up below 1000, but still a non-Hoffman win unfortunately.