Biden Is Projected To Be The President-Elect. Here’s How It All Went Down.

I mean, mostly, Chad, I think it’s a testament to the really hard work of election administrators across the country, combined with the lower traffic that a lot of polling places are seeing because of the massive surge in early voting. The couple of lawsuits that have stood out to me today — in Pennsylvania and Nevada, in particular — are the kinds of fights that I think we could see more of in the post-election litigation, as the campaigns and parties start fighting over which ballots are counted. So things could definitely get messy in the coming days. But while it’s still Election Day, I think it’s okay to pause and appreciate the tremendous amount of work that’s made today so uneventful.

Amelia, what does the relative calm in election administration tell you about so many of the fears leading into today? Misplaced? Or are we far from out of the woods on mail ballots being counted, etc.?

As the day winds down, I just want to underscore how remarkably problem-free it’s been so far. Of course, there were scattered reports of voting machines malfunctioning, some late polling place openings and some lawsuits filed. But those are routine snafus, and it mostly looks like when tens of millions of people vote early, it makes things a lot easier come Election Day.