Welcome to Election Night, Day 4.
Joy!
Good morning, @LuvTooGolf . At least it's Friday.
I think they a waiting till the weekend to announce Biden is president so the Trump voters can riot without taking a day off work. Just a thought @tinfoil
Rioting has no place for either side. I can't help but believe the media outlets have much to blame for this Country's divide.
100% Rick, the media has way too much say in regards to important matters and we let them influence us. The entire system is broken, if we learn nothing else during this election process, it's that we need to be much better at it.
I have a hard time blaming the media. People ultimately have to decide for themselves. If they let the media influence them in their decision making process, that's on them. That's kinda like getting really fat and blaming your wife because she makes cookies and you stand over the sink and eat them all like an animal.
Though, hard to argue about changes needed to the election process. It's kind of embarrassing to be the "greatest country in the world" and yet we have like 35 different voting systems across 50 states.
That's my point, we clearly know which side we're both on but regardless of that, the more you learn about the system(s) the more embarrassing it is and the accuracy of such a system is in serious question. This could cost Americans their freedom of vote in any election year, regardless of allegiance
How can we still be counting ballots? This is not how the process should work. Miraculous that the key states still counting votes are the ones Trump lead in and 3 days later, trails in. How do you count 80% of votes in one day and can't count the remainder 3 days later?
I think part of it is the unprecedented number of mail-in ballots cast this year. We never have to wait this long because we never have this many ballots to open by hand, verify by hand, etc. The second part is in places like PA, where they have 7 million votes to count, they've set rules where they can't starting to count until the day of. If you recall, some people wanted to change those rules to let them start counting earlier to prevent this very thing from happening. But it is what it is, you can't call it a democracy if you don't count all the votes, regardless of how long it takes.
Nevada is probably because people are too busy to get up from the craps table.
That's pretty much correct. PA Republicans refused to allow mail in vote counting to begin until 7PM Tuesday. In Nevada, hell, they closed up the count and went home at night. In contrast, Florida allowed votes to be counted when received, and they finished up just fine. States have vastly different voting procedures, so there will always be differences.
November 3 is only the last day to VOTE. There is not a specific time for states to certify the vote and submit Certificates of Ascertainment. It is not until December 14, 2020 where Electors vote
The electors in each State meet to select the President and Vice President of the United States. Then on January 6, 2021 Congress counts the vote
Congress meets in joint session to count the electoral votes (unless Congress passes a law to change the date). Finally Inauguration is on Jan 20....so we have plenty of time.
