It was found that many of the votes by mail of the contenders in the constituent states, which will determine the victory or defeat of the US presidential election three days ahead, have not yet reached the electoral authorities.



The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported on the 31st (local time) that as of the 30th (local time), more than 7 million votes by mail have not yet been delivered in 13 race states as a result of analyzing data on the U.S. election project, an election information site at the University of Florida.



This is equivalent to 28% of the 24 million votes by mail in the 13 competing states.



This includes key battlefields in the 2016 presidential elections, such as Michigan, Wisconsin, Arizona, and Florida, which were won by just a few thousand or tens of thousands of votes, so undelivered mail-in votes could have a significant impact on the results.



In Michigan, where President Donald Trump won a new victory four years ago with a car of 10,704 votes, the number of votes by mail that has not yet arrived was over 700,000.



According to the US postal tracking company Gray Hair, the average mail delivery period in Michigan this week is more than 6 days, so there are not a few tickets that will arrive after Election Day and be excluded from counting.



Arizona, which is considered one of the key competitors, has not received 12,25387 votes as of the 27th.



Grayhair analysis shows Arizona this week is the slowest in the United States, with an average delivery time of 7.3 days.



Georgia also found that the number of votes by mail that did not arrive until the 29th reached 624,000.



The delay in the arrival of votes by mail seems to be due to an unusual increase in mail delivery volumes.



As a result of gray hair analysis, the period for first-class mail delivery, which usually arrives within 2 to 5 trading days, is delayed by 12 to 13 days in some states.



Election experts fear that the delay in delivery of votes by mail may delay election results and lead to litigation.



Meanwhile, among the competition states, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, and Kansas, which also accept votes by mail arriving after the presidential election, were excluded from the WSJ analysis.



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