Election Day Check In: Will Lawsuits Delay the Outcome?

This presidential election cycle has been chaotic for lawyers.

In courts across the country, Democrats have filed lawsuits that challenge whether voter identification laws passed in Republican states are actually just attempts to suppress voter turnout. For instance, as of a week ago, voter turnout in Guilford County, North Carolina was down 90 percent compared to 2012 and the NAACP had filed a lawsuit accusing state election officials of illegally striking voters from the rolls if letters mailed to their address were returned, Bloomberg reported .

The article cast North Carolina as one of the epicenters of the fight over ballot ...