Is there any legit justification for it taking so long to count votes in Arizona?

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legit justification

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Cheating

Maricopa County is the 4th largest county in the country.

A record number of people dropped off mail in ballots on or shortly before election day in Arizona.

Those ballots have to have signature verifications done on them before they can be counted.

When the cash man goes to the section 8 hood to pay for the blank ballots he often finds that some of his clients are in jail and won't be out on probation till tomorrow.

Clients could have left the ballots with a friend who would exchange them for the cash. But these days you can't even trust your friends with your money. It's a damn shame what society has come to these days.

it's not just counting ballots. It's checking signatures and matching them to the envelopes and voter roll sign in sheet, checking and verifying addresses, etc. all by multiple people. It's not as simple as just "counting votes". Each vote takes 5 to 10 minutes to go through the process.