That’s a fair consideration I hadn’t thought of. Still, I don’t think that takes away from “As long as everything’s counted when [they] need to submit it, they’ve done their job.” That isn’t “there’s nothing to be gained by counting faster before the deadline” as much as it is “election workers shouldn’t be pressured to count votes faster”.

Like for example, when I mentioned ways to improve the counting process (noted in e.g. this video, see 4:55), I was mainly focused on alleviating the workload of election officials rather than speeding up the results for audiences. Things like more early voting (which Mississippi basically doesn’t have) speed up the count, but the primary benefit is that they make it easier for people to vote, the secondary benefit is that it’s easier for election workers, and ultimately speeding up the results to audiences is a tertiary benefit at best.

As long as the results get in on time, I don’t think there’s much compelling reason to make election results go brrrr if it doesn’t improve voting accessibility or alleviate some burden on the people doing the counting.