I will add that the fourteen-days-before is a variance to allow for covid19: the usual practice before this year was to begin counting the ballots one week before election day, and I forget how many days after they allowed for late (but postmarked on time) mail-in ballots to trickle in, but it was less than a whole week.
Re: meta: there isn't one answer, but fifty-one
I will add that the fourteen-days-before is a variance to allow for covid19: the usual practice before this year was to begin counting the ballots one week before election day, and I forget how many days after they allowed for late (but postmarked on time) mail-in ballots to trickle in, but it was less than a whole week.