candycorn
Diamond Member
"The drawn-out count has made Maricopa County the epicenter of election conspiracy theories spawned by Trump. It's also made it a key part of the former president's campaign to install those who supported overturning the last election into positions overseeing future ones.
But the reason it takes so long is simple. With its 4.5 million residents, Maricopa has more residents than nearly half of the states in the country and is home to 60% of Arizona’s voters. Election workers must follow voting laws - which were approved by Republican-controlled Legislatures - that slow the count. And it is one of the few counties in the U.S. that is so evenly divided politically that races are often close, so it takes longer to know who has won."
apnews.com
I’m not sure what they get out of it but they slow down the results so they can bitch about the results (if they don’t go their way of course).
But the reason it takes so long is simple. With its 4.5 million residents, Maricopa has more residents than nearly half of the states in the country and is home to 60% of Arizona’s voters. Election workers must follow voting laws - which were approved by Republican-controlled Legislatures - that slow the count. And it is one of the few counties in the U.S. that is so evenly divided politically that races are often close, so it takes longer to know who has won."

We may not know who won on Election Day. Maricopa County may be why
This Arizona county is one of the country's most consequential battlegrounds. It can take more than a week to learn who won close races.

I’m not sure what they get out of it but they slow down the results so they can bitch about the results (if they don’t go their way of course).