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The margin was so close that the race could not be called until more than a week after election day, as local officials counted every single ballot that had arrived before the deadline.
From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2026
Sanchez said he couldn’t estimate how many votes remained to be counted.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2026
But the tax already appeared to be headed for defeat last week, with about 60 percent of votes counted on Wednesday showing that "No" was leading by 55.6 percent to 44.4 percent.
From Barron's ● Nov. 10, 2026
The major stock indexes surged on Monday, retracing last week’s wild swings to close just above where they stood a week ago—when the election’s votes weren’t yet counted.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026
I counted on her small-minded interference in the day-to-day running of the school to keep attention diverted elsewhere, while I searched for the information I needed.”
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
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