Why the election might not be decided tonight
A historic election that saw an incumbent president drop his campaign, a woman rise to the top of the Democratic ticket and multiple assassination attempts against the Republican candidate will come to an end on Nov. 5.
But the outcome may not be known on election night.
It took four days for the race to be projected for President Joe Biden in 2020 as mail-in voting expansions, and other changes made to help Americans participate during a global pandemic, delayed counting in several key states.
An especially tight race, as expected this year, can make it even more difficult to project a winner in the hours after polls close, experts told ABC News.
For more on the paths to victory and when we might know the winner, watch this story from Joe Torres.