As of 4 p.m. Tuesday, Joe Biden is ahead in five key states with only slim margins.
Latest vote counts show Trump trailing in Georgia by 12,651 votes, Arizona by 14,468 votes, Wisconsin by 20,540 votes, Pennsylvania by 48,997 votes and Nevada by 36,274 votes.
The Trump campaign has already expressed its intention to request a recount in several states.
Hoosiers may remember an incident from 2003 involving former East Chicago mayors George Pabey and Robert Pastrick, who was then the incumbent. Pastrick had won the primary election by 278 votes, but Pabey sought to have the absentee ballots declared invalid.
Pabey took the case to court and a trial court found that Pastrick had "perverted the absentee voting process and compromised the integrity and results of that election."
The judge in the case found that there was pervasive fraud, violations of election laws and illegal conduct that had occurred during the election.
The Indiana Supreme Court ended up granting a special election in the case and Pabey ended up winning that special election.
This incident is a good reminder why allowing for a full canvass in a tight race is worth the wait.
Absentee ballots have been noted as a point of vulnerability by researchers.
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