Admiral Rockwell Tory
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What about the self-addressed, postage paid ballots that are never postmarked? NY had to redo ballots in early October because they ignored that little tidbit. You couldn't tell when the ballot went through the mail system, opening up opportunities to cheat!Or must they?
Donald Trump at a rally in Iowa “We should know the result of the election on November 3rd, the evening of November 3rd. That’s the way it's been and that's the way it should be."
Except when it’s not. In fact...it has never been that way.
There has never been a requirement...or even an expectation that all ballots be tabulated by the end of Election Day. And they usually are not. It typically takes longer to count absentee ballots, which, by law, are just as valid as any other.
So if you want to know the way it has really always been, don’t listen to Trump who’s goal is to disenfranchise mail in voters.
For starters, no state ever reports its final results on election night.FACT CHECK: Trump Falsely Claims That Votes Shouldn't Be Counted After Election Day
"I think it's terrible when we can't know the results of an election the night of the election in a modern-day age of computers," Trump said. But the vote totals are never fully counted the same day.www.npr.org
Typically, news outlets are able to declare winners the night of the election using partial counts and exit polls, which allow them to see how much of the vote is going to which candidate and calculate whether a candidate still has a path forward to win.
Each state has its own laws for when it needs to certify the election results, and none falls on Election Day.
Delaware is the only state that will certify its results within the same week as Election Day. Most states will certify their results in the last two weeks of November, with some states even extending until the second week of December.
Additionally, polls don't even close in California, Oregon, Idaho and Washington until 11 p.m. ET, and Hawaii's polls don't close until midnight on the East Coast.
The problem is this stupid mail in voting. In PA, they are accepting ballots up to three days after the election which should be against the law. Everybody is predicting PA will be the real decider, and that it will be a close election. We might not find out until next week or longer who actually won unless it's a blowout one way or another.
For starters the votes are in the mail... That is OK... Postmarked and everything...
What is the hurry about the count... Many countries can take a few days counting... Counting all the votes should be the priority...