EDITOR’S NOTEBOOK: Getting final election results may take time, but that doesn’t mean our elections aren’t secure

Featured photo: Election workers in Guilford County transport ballots on election night in 2020. (photo by Carolyn de Berry)Experts have been saying this for a while, but there’s a high chance that we won’t know who the winner of the presidential race is until as late as next week.Here’s what’s going on.Elections in the US are highly decentralized and complex. While uncontested or landslide races may be called right after polls close, competitive races may take days, or e