Provided the state doesn’t have antiquated laws that prevent them from tabulating mail ballots before Election Day an all-mail state should have results faster than one that is mostly in-person
The delays in counting mail ballots are coming because states aren’t prepared for them, and haven’t adjusted their laws to allow early tabulation, something that’s being blocked by GOP lawmakers in various states.
States also desperately need more $ to buy new machines to speed mail ballot processing (and staff in-person polling locations) but so far the GOP-controlled senate hasn’t moved on that either.
To close the loop here, Nevada’s new law allows ballots to be postmarked on Election Day which will also inevitably delay a count. But when Wisconsin adopted that standard in April it took one extra week not a month or years.
Most mail states do not have that standard.
(It does take weeks in CA, but CA is, er, bigger than NV.) -30-
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