All the 2020 Vocabulary You Should Know for Election Day in America

From “naked ballots” to “safe-harbor deadlines,” here are the terms to know.

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A close election in 2020 could introduce a slew of new voting terms to Americans trying to figure out whether Donald Trump or Joe Biden won the presidency.

The coronavirus pandemic is driving record numbers of people to vote by mail, a process the president has repeatedly -- and inaccurately -- decried as fraud-ridden. Counting all the votes could take days -- or weeks.