Does it really have to be this way?
We're only going to send you an email when the AP has called it. You can go back to work or sleep.
As the vote totals rolled in on election night, a captive audience around the world on Twitter and in Slack wondered: Does it really have to be this way?
No.
That’s why we’re going to send you an email when the Associated Press calls the presidential race.
Even then, the election won’t be certified. But elections have real consequences — they shouldn’t be reported out like a football game. Stop doomscrolling and let us send you an alert when AP calls it.