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Background check, make calls. but you can't do that anymore. it really is a status symbol, and that's what he wants it to be. >> yeah, and it is what it is. our ben collins, and janai nelson. all right, america, listen to. check that out. we are in the final stretch of this midterm election, and there are a few things that you need to keep in mind with just 24 hours until both close. remember back in 2020, some republicans jumped on early lead in the vote count. remember the warnings about the red mirage or the blue shift. why did that happen? because democrats are more likely to vote early an...

Others, such as pennsylvania and wisconsin, you cannot count them until election day. in fact, election workers there are not even allowed to open the envelopes that contain these ballots and prepare them to be counted. this means in early returns, some viewers may be misled. in october 2020, we tried to explain how this all might play out. >> whether you call it the red mirage or the blue shift, you can expect early election night results to look pretty different from the final outcome. this will not be a sign of fraud or irregularity, just the inevitability of mail-in ballots, early voting, ...

In a very tight race. >> and it is expected to be very tight. how long might we be waiting for races to be called in pennsylvania? could take a while. >> anderson, it could be a while. pennsylvania didn't even start processing its mail-in ballots, meaning taking them out of the envelope and having to put them through those tabulation machines until 7:00 this morning. historically democrats prefer to vote by mail or vote early. the numbers this year do fit that pattern if you take a look at the pie chart. 69% of pre-election ballots in pennsylvania were cast by democrats. remember, republicans ...

Officials there can't start counting those absentee ballots until polls close on election night, and even then counties are still not required to begin counting ballots for three days. because of this, the early results will be mainly election-day votes. and you may see a red-to-blue shift there in pennsylvania as the vote count continues. all counting has to be done within eight days of the election. so we will be watching very closely. to georgia now where it's been an ugly fight for the state's senate seat. a seat that until 2020 had been solidly republican. we have more from the get out ...

Statewide candidates are making their closing arguments to voters before Election Day in Florida.