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Election Reform

freshwest

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2. We have mail in ballots in my area and we don't get the results on election day. It takes a while.

Reply to TreasonousBastard (Reply #1)

Thu Apr 5, 2012, 11:32 PM

Apr 2012

Most of the votes don't get there in advance of the last day to post mark them, so they can't all be counted by the time polls would close.

There's a state website that shows the tallies as they are put in and the percentage of districts completed and the running count. Then it's reported. No problem.

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Now wait a minute... TreasonousBastard Apr 2012 #1

We have mail in ballots in my area and we don't get the results on election day. It takes a while. freshwest Apr 2012 #2

No, you wait a minute BradBlog Apr 2012 #3

Since I've spent quite a few long days as an election judge, chairman, and coordinator... TreasonousBastard Apr 2012 #5

Some of us will fight to bring democracy to the USA, even if the odds seem long. eomer Apr 2012 #6

Will reply in full soon... BradBlog Apr 2012 #8

Yet you still have no idea how precinct-based hand-counting works, it seems... BradBlog Apr 2012 #9

So, you start out by calling me a liar... TreasonousBastard Apr 2012 #10

I did?? Really?? BradBlog Apr 2012 #11

You avoid the elephant in the room... Sancho Apr 2012 #12

What? We're not as good as the Canadians who count hand-marked ballots by the next day. Festivito Apr 2012 #7

The US should send all of its election officials to Canada for training on how to hand-count ballots qb Apr 2012 #4