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Of course, they will do anything to salvage the Senate.
Republicans winning the day after Election Day but we are told there are many uncounted ballots and mostly from Democrat strongholds, and day after day they keep finding more Democrat votes. As they did in NJ in the 2021 Gubernatorial race.
thefederalist.com
Republicans winning the day after Election Day but we are told there are many uncounted ballots and mostly from Democrat strongholds, and day after day they keep finding more Democrat votes. As they did in NJ in the 2021 Gubernatorial race.
Democrats throughout the political and corporate media spheres are attempting to normalize delayed election results in highly contested states ahead of Election Day, forecasting that final vote totals might not be fully known until well after Nov. 8.
During a Zoom call with reporters last week, Pennsylvaniaâs acting secretary of state, Leigh Chapman, said that Americans should not be surprised if the state doesnât have final election results on election night this November, with the Pennsylvania Democrat blaming any potential delays in vote tabulations on a state law that says election workers canât begin processing mail-in ballots until Election Day.
âOfficial results will be available within a few days,â Chapman said. âThis delay does not mean anything nefarious is happening. It simply means that the process is working as it is designed to work in Pennsylvania and that election officials are doing their job to count every vote.â
Pennsylvania is among nine states and the District of Columbia that permit election officials to begin processing absentee and mail-in ballots prior to the polls closing, but not before Election Day, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. As of Oct. 19, more than a million Pennsylvania voters had applied to vote by mail, with Chapman telling reporters the âoverwhelming majorityâ of mail-in ballot requests have come from Democrats.
Delayed election results are not a new phenomenon for Pennsylvania; back in late May, the state took over a week to finalize the results of its Republican Senate primary that saw Mehmet Oz locked in a close contest with Dave McCormick. Voters in the state also experienced similar delays during the 2020 presidential election, where it took several days for the state to be called for then-candidate Joe Biden.
Most recently, the U.S. Supreme Court tossed out a lower court ruling that had allowed undated mail-in ballots to be counted, which is a violation of Pennsylvania law. Despite such statutory obligations and the high courtâs ruling, Chapman decided to take matters into her own hands and flat-out told counties in the commonwealth that they didnât need to comply with the ruling. The statement from Chapman has since prompted a lawsuit from the Republican National Committee and other GOP groups.
Democratsâ 2022 Playbook
In predictable fashion, left-wing media outlets are attempting to downplay concerns over delayed election results and regularize incompetent election administration. In the write-up of Chapmanâs remarks, for instance, ABC News went out of its way to run interference for the Pennsylvania Democrat and titled the article, âWhy Pennsylvania may not have election night results and why thatâs OK.â
Other notable outlets pushing the same narrative include Politico, which on Sept. 19 ran an article headlined, âWhy we may not know who won the Senate on Election Day,â that detailed how it âtook five days after Election Day 2020 to tally enough votes for media organizations to call the presidential race for Joe Bidenâ and warned that the âsame thing could happen in some of the countryâs most important midterm elections this year.â
âMany of the same factors in the same battleground states are at play in 2022, starting with races that could have very slim margins,â state politics reporter Zach Montellaro wrote. âAdd in the continued popularity of mail voting and state laws in Pennsylvania and elsewhere that can delay processing of those ballots, and the chance of another waiting game is distinct â possibly with control of the Senate up in the air.â
Not wanting to miss out on all the fun, the left-wing âfact checkerâ Politifact ran a similar piece on Oct. 3 titled, âNot all results will be known on election night 2022. Thatâs normal.â Citing several political journalists and âelection experts,â the articleâs authors argue that while there are âa few reasons to hope that the 2022 midterm elections will produce a faster count than 2020 did,â a âbig lesson of 2020 voting â being patient â will be important this year, too.â
âAmericans may not know on election night which party will control the House or Senate in 2023, if the results are close in multiple states with hot congressional races,â the Politifact report reads. âIt might take days, or longer, to count enough ballots to know with reasonable certainty the outcome of key races.â
âPeople shouldnât think of âelection nightâ anymore, rather âelection week,'â it added.
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Democrats Are Already Forecasting Delayed Election Results
Left-wing media outlets attempt to downplay concerns over delayed election results and regularize incompetent election administration.
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