News How states prevent election fraud: Time to count votes ‘is not a sign of misconduct or chaos’ November 7, 2020Tom Vanden Brook and Jeffrey Schweers, USA TODAYComments Off on How states prevent election fraud: Time to count votes ‘is not a sign of misconduct or chaos’ A drawn-out vote count is "not a sign of misconduct or chaos. It's only a sign election officials are carefully counting the votes," one expert says.