Why this Election Night is expected to be different

Why Election Night results could take longer this year.

ELECTION DAY... BUTTHE ODDS OF FINDINGOUT WHO WILL WIN--ON ELECTION NIGHT--IS GETTING SLIMMERBY THE DAY.OUR JOE SAINTGEORGE EXPLAINS...FROM THE CAMPAIGNTRAIL INPHILADELPHIA..

PKG Remember theelection of ?

What aboutthe election night ?

WhenPresident Harry Trumanheld up papers saying helost when he didn'tWhether you rememberthis or not, elections fromyears past are poised tohave nothing on .

Whereballots will likely becounted slowly.Election night, may beelection week.WHY WILL COUNTINGBALLOTS WILL TAKEFOREVER?In the swing states of MI,WI and PA: Ballots can'tstart being counted untilelection day.

That'll taketime and manpower.

Inthe swing states of NC,GA, NV & MN ballots canbe postmarked onelection day.

That meansthey may take a few daysto arrive.

Some stateslike north Carolina,require a witnesssignature on absenteeballots to be counted..Legal battles areexpected on issues likethat and more... 6:25 Ithink we are looking 5-7days to roughly a weekTed Trimpa is a politicalstrategist who says bothpartists are prepping forlong nights, or evenweeks.

6:09 thechallenge is you aregoing to have so manystates doing mail ballot,that have never donemail ballot And it won'tjust be swing states thatare the problem.

Forinstance, this summer.Some New York primaryraces this summer took 4weeks to decide.

HenryHenry Rosoff coverspolitics for pix11 in newYork city and has talkedto his unbiased sourcesabout what to expect inthe state that will almostcertainly vote democrat.we are not going to beable to count half of ourvotes until 48 hours afterelection which if we werea swing state would beabsolutely ridiculousSTANDUP Here inPhiladelphia,Pennsylvania , a crucialswing state, politicalinsiders say other issuescould delay results too.Such as the fact thestate's using relativelynew in-person votingmachines that havenever been tested in apresidential election.

InPhiladelphia, I'm Joe St.GeorgeSTILL AHEAD ATFIVE...