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George II

(67,782 posts) Fri Nov 6, 2020, 09:22 PM Nov 2020

At 11 AM on Wednesday morning Joe Biden was behind in Pennsylvania and Georgia by 578,074 votes....

...combined.

As of 6 PM tonight he's ahead by a combined 23,514 in those two states.

A swing of 601,588 votes in a little more than two days!

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At 11 AM on Wednesday morning Joe Biden was behind in Pennsylvania and Georgia by 578,074 votes.... (Original Post) George II Nov 2020 OP

You mean Wednesday morning? Tuesday is election day and no votes released in the morning. Claustrum Nov 2020 #1

Yes, thanks for noticing that. Corrected. The last 3-4 days all seem like a blur to me! George II Nov 2020 #2

If they had had the mail-in ballots counted beforehand, LuvNewcastle Nov 2020 #3

Claustrum

(4,845 posts)

1. You mean Wednesday morning? Tuesday is election day and no votes released in the morning.

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Fri Nov 6, 2020, 09:24 PM

Nov 2020

George II

(67,782 posts)

2. Yes, thanks for noticing that. Corrected. The last 3-4 days all seem like a blur to me!

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Fri Nov 6, 2020, 09:38 PM

Nov 2020

LuvNewcastle

(16,844 posts)

3. If they had had the mail-in ballots counted beforehand,

Reply to George II (Original post)

Fri Nov 6, 2020, 09:38 PM

Nov 2020

Biden probably wouldn't have ever been behind in the first place, or at least he wouldn't have had so much ground to make up. When they knew they were sending out all these ballots in the mail, they should have begun preparing for how to get them counted. If they had cumbersome regulations that stood in their way, they should have called on the legislature to change some things so they could get the job done. This was a different sort of year because of Covid, and it needed people who could use their foresight to make things easier.

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