When will we know who is president?

When will we know who will be elected president?

This can take some time.

The excitement surrounding election night and the outcome does not mean that we will know for sure who the winner will be the next morning. In 2023, President Joe Biden's victory was announced by the Associated Press four days after Election Day.

Voters must vote during early voting and on Election Day for the candidates they believe are best suited for the political office for which they are running. However, counting all ballots takes time, depending on the state and applicable election laws.

Some recent rule changes almost lengthened the process.

After the 2020 election, when now-former President Donald Trump falsely claimed voter fraud after losing the election to Biden, some counties around the country voted not to certify the election. And they even pushed to replace machine ballot counting with people counting their ballots by hand, a practice that studies show is less accurate and timely than using machines.

In Georgia, the initiative almost became a reality.

A new voting rule introduced in Georgia would have required thousands of poll workers to count ballots by hand. Last month, a judge in Georgia struck down that rule along with six others in the state, and despite Republican efforts to overturn the judge's decision, the courts have stood firm and election workers are not required to count ballots by hand.