With polling sites open across America, the question on the minds of many voters is when the results of the election will be called.

Georgia’s highest court has stayed a lower court ruling that would have allowed certain voters in the state’s third-largest county who received their absentee ballots late to return them after the deadline.

Various state rules regarding when election officials can process and count mail ballots means it will likely take some time after Election Day before the results from these ballots are fully known.

In a last-minute lawsuit, Republicans claimed election officials violated state law by accepting absentee ballots that were returned over the weekend.

A law passed in 2022 allows cities in Michigan to begin preprocessing absentee ballots for each Election Day precinct. Monroe County Clerk AnnaMarie Osment explains.

Georgia's Supreme Court reversed a lower court's ballot extension in the swing state Monday, ruling that 3,000 absentee ballots -- sent out late in Cobb County -- will only be counted if they are rece

While a lower court previously extended the deadline for absentee ballots in the suburban county, Georgia's high court ruled that the ballots can only be counted if they arrive by

Courts are responding to lawsuits across the country on how ballots and voter rolls are handled in the weeks before Election Day.

The Georgia Supreme Court ruled Monday that Cobb County, Georgia’s third-largest county, may only count absentee ballots received Nov. 5 by 7:00 p.m. The Republican National Committee had challenged a judge’s order extending the ballot deadline to Nov.