While it’s possible we could have a winner declared in the presidential race on Election Day, it’s also possible it’ll be too close to call — likely due to the increase in mail-in voting and numbers that aren’t yet calculated.
More people will participate in voting by mail in 2020 than in any previous election and that means some uncertainty in what we might see Tuesday night.
Here’s a breakdown of when polls close in each state via Ballotpedia and an assessment from the New York Times on how long each state expects the process of counting votes to last:
I voted in person on the machine. I figure at least my vote is recorded electronically. A paper ballot can just be tossed in the trash as we have already seen happening. Standing in line sucked but my country was worth it.
ReplyDeleteYour electronic vote can be pitched out every bit as easy as throwing away a paper ballot. Easier even. I don't trust the system to count every vote. I can only hope and pray that there are enough good Americans out there to overpower the cheating.
DeleteMatt in KY
I seem to remember previous cases where a person hit one candidate's button, only to have the electronic vote registered for the other candidate.
DeleteThe electronic machine is only as trustworthy as the people who control it.
Of course, paper ballot boxes disappearing/appearing magically fall into the same category, who's controlling them - see the Athens, TN revolt at the end of WWII.
If anything it might go quicker since they already have ballots to count this am.
ReplyDeleteWell I predict now that President Trump wins the election.
ReplyDeleteJD
In Roane county, TN, you use a machine, that prints a ballot, that you stuff into another machine...
ReplyDeleteGENIUS!
Hundreds of millions of lottery tickets sold, the winner determined without delay.
ReplyDeleteYet, something as important as a national vote is anticipated to take weeks to tally?
Has anyone thought that the reason why the whole nation seems to be in an uproar over the potential of violence following the election is because there is so much cheating it cannot be hid. Therefore, it becomes necessary to plan for the disruptions which only come with wide scale cheating. I mean, if it were a fair election - where fraud is under control - why would there be this much concern for the coming violence?
The fact is, there is so much voter fraud that everyone knows there is fraud. So, the next phase, which is to control the response to the fraud, becomes necessary.
A few years ago there was a frequently reported story that George Soros owned a big chunk of Diebold, the "leader" in voting machines. What could go wrong with that scheme?
ReplyDeleteFunny thing: the media has not mentioned that story for several years now. Surprise, surprise.