Battleground: A final overview

COLORADO : The Denver Post : "With nearly 300,000 mail-in ballots still left to be turned in and potentially as many as 1 million people statewide voting today at the polls, clerks still expect a late night tallying results." More: "...because clerks were able to start processing mail-in ballots 10 days before the election without actually tabulating results, most clerks expect to release a large chunk of results shortly after the polls close at 7 p.m. "That will be over 50 percent of the votes cast," said Secretary of State Mike Coffman. "It will give a clear direction for where Colorado is going in this election."" Also, because of the potential influx of mail-in ballots and the reduction of electronic voting machines in favor of paper ballots, "Do not expect results before midnight ," Denver Clerk and Recorder Stephanie O'Malley said Monday. The counting will extend "well into the morning." FLORIDA : "The final early voting numbers in Florida: 4.2-million have already cast ballots, ... (link)