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Election Day Decisions, and Why the Count Could Take Awhile

Election Day Decisions, and Why the Count Could Take Awhile

The Headlines
Nov 5, 2024 8 min
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<p>Plus, how astronauts vote from space.  </p><p> </p><p>Tune in every weekday morning. To get our full audio journalism and storytelling experience, <a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/nyt-audio/id1549293936"><strong>download</strong></a> the New York Times Audio app — available to Times news subscribers on iOS — and <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/audio"><strong>sign up</strong></a> for our weekly newsletter.</p><p>Tell us what you think at: theheadlines@nytimes.com. </p><p><strong>On Today’s Episode:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/11/05/us/trump-harris-election" target="_blank"><strong>Election Live Updates: A Caustic and Turbulent Race Is in Voters’ Hands</strong></a>, <i>by Adam Nagourney</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/04/us/politics/harris-trump-pennsylvania-campaign.html" target="_blank"><strong>A Grim Trump and an Upbeat Harris End the Race Hitting Opposite Notes</strong></a>, <i>by Katie Rogers, Jonathan Weisman and Michael Gold</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/03/us/politics/undecided-voters-trump-harris.html" target="_blank"><strong>These Uncommitted Voters Finally Made Their Choice for President</strong></a>, <i>by Jack Healy, Clyde McGrady, Eduardo Medina and Campbell Robertson</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/05/upshot/election-night-guide.html" target="_blank"><strong>What We’ll Know and When We’ll Know It: A Guide to Election Night</strong></a>, <i>by Nate Cohn</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/us/politics/abortion-ballot-states.html" target="_blank"><strong>Where Voters Will Decide on Abortion in November</strong></a>, <i>by Allison McCann and Amy Schoenfeld Walker</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/01/magazine/voting-strange-polling-locations.html" target="_blank"><strong>Inside Five of America’s Strangest Polling Places</strong></a>, <i>by Helen I. Hwang</i></p> <p><p>Subscribe today at <a href="http://nytimes.com/podcasts">nytimes.com/podcasts</a> or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher">https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher</a>. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app.</p></p><br/> <p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.</p>

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