To be fair, they still have to count the absentee voters (we do count, ya know...). Unless the total gap exceeds the number of absentee voter ballots they won't give a state.
Many absentee voters are given a bit more time than normal voters as we have to deal with foreign postal systems and long delays.
Last I heard there were alot of military ballots overseas that have yet to come in that were delayed because the Democrats challenged the presence of Nader on the ballot in WI late and caused a delay in the mailing of the Absentee ballots out to the troops.
So the Republicans were trying to get Doyle to extend the deadline for absentee ballots......I don't know where that went....