BTW, a few years back Martha McSally was my Congresswoman. In one of her elections, she WON - but it was final until 17 December (IIRC)! And her tiny lead increased slightly during that long delay. Just looked it up:
“With 100% of the votes counted, McSally had a 161-vote lead and declared victory on November 12, 2014, but because the margin of victory was less than 1%, an automatic recount was called on December 1. On December 17, the official recount declared McSally the winner by 167 votes.”
That’s pretty crazy. I wonder if this one will go into automatic recount, too.