  We perform an analytic late time analysis for maximal slicing of the
Reissner-Nordstr\"om black hole spacetime. In particular, we discuss the
collapse of the lapse in terms of its late time behavior at the throat and at
the event horizon for the even and the puncture lapse. In the latter case we
also determine the value of the lapse at the puncture. Furthermore, in the
limit of late times slice stretching effects are studied as they arise for
maximal slicing of puncture evolutions. We perform numerical experiments for a
Schwarzschild black hole with puncture lapse and find agreement with the
analytical results.
