Alaska election results could be delayed for up to two weeks due to state law and geography. David Mark spoke at a briefing regarding Alaska's election process. He explained that polls close at midnight Eastern Time (8 p.m. AK), and state law allows 10 days to count ballots. He noted that Alaska's vast geography requires slow ballot delivery via planes, boats, or even dog sled.

Add onto that just a bunch of time lags. Polls close in Alaska at basically midnight Eastern time, 8 p .m. in Alaska. So that already means it's delayed. Then under Alaska's state law, they have 10 days to get in to count ballots that have been postmarked on election day. One other thing about Alaska, we all know it's huge. It can take a long time for ballots to come in. And Juno, the state capital where the division of elections is located, there's no roads there. You can only get there by planes and boats. And a couple other methods, maybe even by foot, dog sled, whatever it might be. So it takes a while to get ballots in there. So we're talking, could be up to two weeks after election day until we know who's the actual winner there. And Ray Choi's voting gets a bad rap from its critics.

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