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MineralMan

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3. I just saw on local TV news that my Minnesota county

Wed Oct 21, 2020, 10:39 AM

Oct 2020

will begin tabulating mail-in and drop-off ballots today. From here on out, they'll be doing that on a daily basis, as more ballots come in. Other counties will be doing the same. The vote count will not be released until polls close on the 3rd, but they will be released as soon as the polls close.

Minnesota does elections right. We'll know the winner on election night, even though votes postmarked by Nov. 3 will continue to be counted for several days afterwards. That count will not change the overall percentages much, though, if at all.

We'll know more on election night than the naysayers are claiming.

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The Overblown Alarmism About a Trump Coup [View all] brooklynite Oct 2020 OP

If Trump knew he could steal it he would be campaigning so frantically Johnny2X2X Oct 2020 #1

It's clear he's going to lose C_U_L8R Oct 2020 #2

I absolutely love your enthusiasm!!!! dware Oct 2020 #4

Just imagine Trumplessness... oh soooo good. C_U_L8R Oct 2020 #8

I just saw on local TV news that my Minnesota county MineralMan Oct 2020 #3

AZ starts counting today grantcart Oct 2020 #5

I took a little time off the road just so I could vote early in AZ, dware Oct 2020 #7

And networks have no goddamned authority to "call" elections in the first place. Mister Ed Oct 2020 #6

Exactly, Sir The Magistrate Oct 2020 #9

The concern is not the networks calling the election prematurely Proud Liberal Dem Oct 2020 #10

That's true, but people pay attention to those "calls." MineralMan Oct 2020 #13

The fear of a coup has nothing to do Miguelito Loveless Oct 2020 #11

Well, 2016 really was a Trump/Russian coup.. ananda Oct 2020 #12