(La Porte, IN) - All votes nationwide are not expected to be counted on Election Night due to

heavy mail-in balloting.  La Porte County Clerk Kathy Chroback said the vote tabulating here could also extend into the following day.

Chroback said each mail-in ballot has to be looked over by election inspectors from each political party by hand before counted to make sure the signature on each ballots matches the one from each voter and other requirements.

She said about 7,500 mail in ballots have been turned into her office.