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Federal Election Commissioner: ‘Substantial Chance’ There Will Be No Results On Election Night

Trump: "This election could be decided two months later"

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Federal Election Commissioner: ‘Substantial Chance’ There Will Be No Results On Election Night
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The head of the Federal Elections Commission on Monday warned that there is a “substantial chance” the final outcome of the presidential election may not be known on election night.

“Let me just tell everybody, we’re all going to need to take a deep breath and be patient this year because there’s a substantial chance we are not going to know on election night what the results are,” FEC Commissioner Ellen Weintraub said on CNN’s “New Day.”

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