STATES, ASKING PENNSYLVANIA AND MICHIGAN TO STOP COUNTING BALLOTS AND SEEKING A RECOUNT IN WISCONSIN. OFFICIALS IN NORTH CAROLINA SAY THERE HAS BEEN NO LEGAL ACTION HERE OVER THE ELECTION PROCESS. NORTH CAROLINA IS ONE OF THE RACES LABELED STILL TOO CLOSE TO CALL. HERE IS A LOOK AT WHERE WE STAND RIGHT NOW. 76,000 VOTES SEPARATE PRESIDENT TRUMP AND JOE BIDEN IN THE TAR HEEL STATE. MANY NEWS OUTLETS INCLUDING WRAL ARE WAITING TO CALL THE RACE UNTIL WE KNOW MORE ABOUT THE 117,000 ABSENTEE BALLOTS NOT YET RECEIVED , AND PROVISIONAL BALLOTS. >> TODAY WE LEARNED THAT WEIGHT COULD BE A WEEK OR MORE. THE STATE ELECTIONS DIRECTOR SAID THIS AFTERNOON THAT WE SHOULD NOT EXPECT THESE VOTE TOTALS TO CHANGE UNTIL THE END OF NEXT WEEK. WRAL'S ADAM OWENS IS TRACKING THE PROCESS, JOINING US LIVE TO EXPLAIN EXACTLY WHAT IS HAPPENING. ADAM? >> Reporter: THIS COULD TAKE A WHILE BECAUSE THIS WAS A VERY POPULAR WAY TO VOTE IN THIS ELECTION BY MAIL, BUT, THAT ALSO MEANS THAT BALLOTS HAVE NOT YET BEEN RETURNED, AND THEREFORE HAVE NOT YET BEEN COUNTED. IN THE STATE, 1-8 OF THOSE WAS HERE IN WAKE COUNTY. >> WE ARE IN THE PRACTICE OF CALLING WINNERS OF ELECTIONS, WE COUNT THE BALLOTS AND CERTIFY RESULTS, AND THAT WILL DETERMINE THE WINNERS. >> STATE ELECTION OFFICIALS SAY THEY ARE RUNNING THIS ONE OF THE WAY STATE LAW DEMANDS, THE SAME WAY THEY HAVE IN THE PAST, BUT THIS YEAR, THE DEMAND FOR ELECTIONS RESULTS ARE HIGH. >> THE ACTUAL CASTING OF BALLOTS HAS ENDED. BUT, THE ELECTION IS NOT OVER. >> Reporter: 117,000 ABSENTEE BALLOTS SENT TO VOTERS HAVE NOT YET BEEN RETURNED. ACCORDING TO THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS, THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF VOTES ARE IN WAKE COUNTY WITH MORE THAN 15,000 OUTSTANDING. AROUND THE SAME NUMBER IN MECKLENBURG COUNTY, AND IN DOVER COUNTY, MORE THAN 6700. >> WE NEVER STOP COUNTING, UNTIL ALL ELIGIBLE VOTES ARE COUNTED, AND ADDED TO THE FINAL CERTIFIED AND AUDITED RESULTS. >> Reporter: STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR KAREN KRISTEN BELL SAYS THAT WILL BE A WHILE. MOST COUNTIES DO NOT PLAN TO START COUNTING UNTIL NEXT WEEK. THE NUMBER OF ABSENTEE BALLOTS TO BE COUNTED COULD LIKELY CHANGE. PEOPLE WHO DECIDED TO VOTE IN PERSON ON ELECTION DAY INSTEAD OF MAILING IN WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE 117,000 TOTAL. >> WE DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE JUST DECIDED NOT TO VOTE FROM THAT BALLOT AT ALL. >> Reporter: TRAVIS FAIN IS WRAL'S STATEHOUSE REPORTER, I ASKED HIM WHAT RACES THESE VOTES COULD CHANGE.'S BUDGET WOULD BE HARD FOR ME TO SEE A STATEWIDE RACE SWINGING ON THIS. SOME OF THE DOWN BALLOT THINGS, THERE IS ONE NORTH CAROLINA HOUSE RACE WITH 360 VOTES. >> Reporter: OUR JOB IS TO GET THE COUNT RIGHT, AS BEST AS WE CAN, BUT ABOVE ALL CORRECT. IT IS NOT JUST THE ABSENTEE BALLOTS OUT THERE THAT HAVE NOT BEEN COUNTED, THERE ARE ALSO THOSE PROVISIONAL BALLOTS AS WELL. STATE ELECTION OFFICIALS SAY THEY ARE STILL WAITING ON COUNTIES ACROSS THE STATE TO TELL THEM HOW MANY OF THOSE PROVISIONAL BALLOTS MAY STILL BE OUT THERE.