I think this is to break the comparison that is done between voting and the lottery. Every conversation I read about or hear about involving the elections system and delays includes a snippet similar to "if we can know the Lottery winner within seconds of the numbers being drawn then we should be able to know the winner of elections within seconds of polls closing."

This comparison, while admittedly small, is damaging in a great way and is useful for waking up people to the reality of election rigging. It is a simple comparison issue. "If we can do this why can we not do that? " Is simple enough for the common person to comprehend and yet a powerful enough statement to drive further questions.