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2016 Postmortem

SickOfTheOnePct

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2. I read the same thing

Reply to jonno99 (Reply #1)

Thu Dec 1, 2016, 06:58 PM

Dec 2016

provisional ballots and absentees.

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If this is true, something is really stinking to high heaven H gets 23,700 votes back in PA. [View all] boston bean Dec 2016 OP

From what I've seen these were "provisional" ballots that were finally counted and added jonno99 Dec 2016 #1

I read the same thing SickOfTheOnePct Dec 2016 #2

this, its not unusual to have numbers change. and Provisional ballots and absentees usually lean D Amishman Dec 2016 #4

Greg Palast said election officials dump most of the provisional votes Kolesar Dec 2016 #8

Clearly, we are going to need to push through legislation, if we ever get Congress back, Ken Burch Dec 2016 #11

He said the same thing about California during the primaries. I don't know how other states do it still_one Dec 2016 #12

In Virginia SickOfTheOnePct Dec 2016 #17

of course adequate checks are done to insure double voting isn't occurring, the person still_one Dec 2016 #19

Agree SickOfTheOnePct Dec 2016 #20

Why were these states called? mcar Dec 2016 #3

because the number of votes outstanding was not enough to come close to swinging the election Amishman Dec 2016 #5

ALL states do this.... texasmomof3 Dec 2016 #6

If a recount in any of the three states humbled_opinion Dec 2016 #7

it should undermine it Skittles Dec 2016 #9

Agreed... ificandream Dec 2016 #10

I just can't imagine humbled_opinion Dec 2016 #18

Trump's supporters are fanatical and conspiratorial, radius777 Dec 2016 #37

This (DU won't let me add carats) spooky3 Dec 2016 #27

"Toned down," rather than "spiffed up," thankfully. maddiemom Dec 2016 #32

Exactly, it is already undermined, the election was a sham, radius777 Dec 2016 #38

This Is Basically The Electoral Equivalent of The Olympic Committee Announcing TrollBuster9090 Dec 2016 #13

Remember Beverly and black box voting? Keith Olbermann, only voice in the media - 2004. SleeplessinSoCal Dec 2016 #14

I have to say, if the situations were exactly reversed, and it was Trump calling for a recount -- byronius Dec 2016 #15

Turns out exit polls were pretty much acurate, and trump won in states they said he would. jmg257 Dec 2016 #16

"Turns out"?? The recounts have not been done yet. spooky3 Dec 2016 #28

I know the recounts haven't been finsihed; it is the exit polls are pretty much on. nt jmg257 Dec 2016 #29

Unless you assume that the recounts will NOT spooky3 Dec 2016 #34

Indeed - I am making that assumption, due to lack of evidence of another alternative. jmg257 Dec 2016 #36

My point is that you can be wishful or not, but spooky3 Dec 2016 #39

They certainly were suspicious - or not. jmg257 Dec 2016 #40

Someone covering or trying to cover their tracks. ffr Dec 2016 #21

My gut feeling is she won all three states outright. duffyduff Dec 2016 #22

I agree with you womanofthehills Dec 2016 #35

Isn't statistically odd for all these error corrections to be in Clinton's favor? tandem5 Dec 2016 #23

definitely. nt TheFrenchRazor Dec 2016 #24

The PA adjustment is not odd Amishman Dec 2016 #31

Someone is covering their back.......... UCmeNdc Dec 2016 #25

+ 1,000 Achilleaze Dec 2016 #26

How the fuck can an election be called when all this vote counting shit happens? BSdetect Dec 2016 #30

Dirty Secret is many MILLIONS of votes uncounted even weeks after election Land Shark Dec 2016 #33