One of the reasons time limits are placed on contested events is so a resolution can be reached and a winner declared. There will always be a losing side. If the time limits are manipulated so the losers can get a favorable resolution then the credibility of the system fails and the primary ramification is the destruction of the system. That will happen here if this does not stop.
This isn't WWE wrestling. Would you not want your vote counted because they didn't get to it until after midnight? Would that seem okay to you?
Unprecedented amount of mail-in ballots and a very high turn out in general. So it's kind of a no brainer that it will take some states longer to count them. These are our VOTES, Ray. Get your grimy paws off them!