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PoindexterOglethorpe

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5. I honestly think the claims that it will be days or weeks or even longer before

Sat Sep 12, 2020, 11:08 PM

Sep 2020

all the mail-in ballots are counted are completely overwrought. I believe many states start counting those ballots as soon as they arrive. The few states that don't may well change their counting protocols before election day, or will be so few as not to matter.

I have to say, that every single election cycle this century I've seen confident claims that the convention will be brokered, that we won't know on election night who has won, or that the electoral college will be tied. I don't understand why so many people are jonesing for these outcomes.

The election of 2000 was a one-off.

The bigger worry needs to be, what horrors will Trump and all his Republican enablers pull off between November 3, 2020, and January 20, 2021?

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How could trump claim victory on election night when [View all] Miigwech Sep 2020 OP

Here's what one expert has to say... I think he knows Thekaspervote Sep 2020 #1

That was really helpful Miigwech Sep 2020 #3

Most states start counting the ballots as they come in. Its reported on election night. drray23 Sep 2020 #2

For the same reason that AP and the networks can "declare" a winner... brooklynite Sep 2020 #4

Maybe trump will grab the mail in ballots and they Miigwech Sep 2020 #6

There is no evidence that voting machine tallies have been hacked... brooklynite Sep 2020 #7

I honestly think the claims that it will be days or weeks or even longer before PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2020 #5