A flood of mail ballots across the country added drama to an already tense presidential contest.

With the COVID-19 pandemic prompting more people than ever to vote by mail, and with the crucial battleground states of Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin obligated to wait until Election Day to start counting those ballots, this year’s election had the potential, all along, to be an epic cliffhanger.

Express-News reporters talk about our wild election night and how we could have seen this coming.

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