{"id":212,"date":"2022-11-07T16:50:11","date_gmt":"2022-11-07T16:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/texas\/press-releases\/common-cause-texas-reminds-voters-election-night-is-not-results-night\/"},"modified":"2022-11-07T16:50:11","modified_gmt":"2022-11-07T16:50:11","slug":"common-cause-texas-reminds-voters-election-night-is-not-results-night","status":"publish","type":"press","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/texas\/press\/common-cause-texas-reminds-voters-election-night-is-not-results-night\/","title":{"rendered":"Common Cause Texas Reminds Voters \u201cElection Night is not Results Night\u201d"},"template":"","class_list":["post-212","press","type-press","status-publish","hentry","press_type-press-release"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"As voters head to the polls, Common Cause Texas is reminding the public that it may take several days for election officials to finalize results.","featured_image":"","press_type":153,"authors":["{\"site_id\":\"1\",\"post_type\":\"person\",\"post_id\":7877}"],"related_issues":[100,117,406,408],"related_work":false,"location":52},"sidebar":{"helper_enable_sidebar":false,"helper_media_contact":{"heading":"Media Contact","manually_enter_person":false,"person":null,"name":"","role":"","phone":"","email":""},"helper_links_downloads":{"heading":"Links & Downloads","links":null}},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_wysiwyg":{"content":"<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Election officials expect to have over 11 million ballots to count if 2020 turnout numbers hold<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\r\n<b>Austin, TX<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2014 As voters head to the polls, Common Cause Texas is reminding the public that it may take several days for election officials to finalize results.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIt\u2019s crucial every voice is heard in this election and that means counting every vote,\u201d said <\/span><b>Anthony Gutierrez, executive director of Common Cause Texas<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. \u201cIt takes time to count every vote accurately and that\u2019s why election night is not results night. Even if we don\u2019t know the election winners when we go to bed, what matters most is making sure every voter\u2019s ballot is counted accurately.\u201d<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before election officials can begin counting ballots, they must first process ballots, which includes checking to make sure the declaration on the outside of the envelope is signed by the voter, that the signature matches the signature on file, and that the voter is on the absentee ballot list.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Texas is one of<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncsl.org\/research\/elections-and-campaigns\/vopp-table-16-when-absentee-mail-ballot-processing-and-counting-can-begin.aspx\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">38 states<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that permit election workers to begin processing ballots before Election Day. But Texas is one of<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncsl.org\/research\/elections-and-campaigns\/vopp-table-16-when-absentee-mail-ballot-processing-and-counting-can-begin.aspx\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 23 states<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that forbid election workers from counting ballots before Election Day. Counting can begin when polls open.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cEven though we may not know the election winners when we go to bed, what matters most is making sure every eligible voter\u2019s ballot is counted accurately,\u201d said <\/span><b>Gutierrez<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2020, 66% of Texas voters turned out to vote, with over <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sos.texas.gov\/elections\/historical\/elections-results-archive.shtml\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">11 million ballots cast<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. If voter turnout numbers hold, Texas can expect to see similar numbers again in this year\u2019s midterm election.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To find 2022 Texas election results,<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/results.texas-election.com\/races\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">click here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0 <\/span>"}}]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.6 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Common Cause Texas Reminds Voters \u201cElection Night is not Results Night\u201d - Common Cause Texas<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/texas\/press-releases\/common-cause-texas-reminds-voters-election-night-is-not-results-night\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Common Cause Texas Reminds Voters \u201cElection Night is not Results Night\u201d\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/texas\/press\/common-cause-texas-reminds-voters-election-night-is-not-results-night\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Common Cause Texas\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/texas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/common-cause-share-image.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/texas\/press-releases\/common-cause-texas-reminds-voters-election-night-is-not-results-night\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/texas\/press-releases\/common-cause-texas-reminds-voters-election-night-is-not-results-night\/\",\"name\":\"Common Cause Texas Reminds Voters \u201cElection Night is not Results Night\u201d - 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