ChiGoose Posted Monday at 04:15 PM Share Posted Monday at 04:15 PM (edited) A lot of people have (justifiably) expressed frustration at how long it takes for some states to count their ballots, especially with the rise in voting by mail. While there have been people proposing eliminating mail-in voting or early voting, the real solution is simple: update state laws to allow for faster counting. This is what Florida did after the disaster in 2000 and why it is now regarded as one of the best at counting ballots quickly. We also have several states that conduct all of their voting by mail without issue. To understand what we can expect for which states will take longer, I have bucketed the states based on when they process mail-in ballots (verification, prepping for counting, etc) and when they are actually counted. States that process and count before Election Day will be able to release results quickly, while those that have later timelines may take days if the race is close. (source) Process and Count before Election Day Process before Election Day; Count at start of Election Day Process before Election Day; Count at end of Election Day Process and Count at start of Election Day Process start of Election Day; Count at end of Election Day Up to local officials Process before Election Day; Count not specified Arizona Arkansas Alaska Pennsylvania Alabama Connecticut Ohio Colorado* California* D.C. South Carolina Mississippi Oregon* Delaware Georgia Idaho West Virginia New Hampshire Oklahoma Florida Indiana Illinois Wisconsin South Dakota Hawaii Iowa Maine Kansas Kentucky Massachusetts Montana Louisiana Minnesota Nebraska Maryland Missouri Nevada* Michigan New Mexico New Jersey Tennessee New York Utah* Texas North Carolina North Dakota Rhode Island Vermont Virginia Washington* Wyoming *State does all votes by mail Projected 2024 swing state Edited Monday at 09:32 PM by ChiGoose 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wacka Posted Monday at 07:54 PM Share Posted Monday at 07:54 PM Where's 5 states including NY? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wnyguy Posted Monday at 08:12 PM Share Posted Monday at 08:12 PM I think it will take as long as the Dems need to figure out how many votes are needed for them to win. 1 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Callahan Posted Monday at 08:35 PM Share Posted Monday at 08:35 PM Crazy how years ago we knew by election night. Just like the rest of the world still does. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L Ron Burgundy Posted Monday at 08:45 PM Share Posted Monday at 08:45 PM 32 minutes ago, wnyguy said: I think it will take as long as the Dems need to figure out how many votes are needed for them to win. Looks like someone's getting ready to cry fraud again! I am shocked. Find any proof from last time? Never mind. I know the answer. Feelings. The usual with y'all. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Callahan Posted Monday at 08:59 PM Share Posted Monday at 08:59 PM 13 minutes ago, L Ron Burgundy said: Looks like someone's getting ready to cry fraud again! I am shocked. Find any proof from last time? Never mind. I know the answer. Feelings. The usual with y'all. Try not to burn down the place this time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Frankish Reich Posted Monday at 09:07 PM Share Posted Monday at 09:07 PM 19 minutes ago, L Ron Burgundy said: Looks like someone's getting ready to cry fraud again! I am shocked. Find any proof from last time? Never mind. I know the answer. Feelings. The usual with y'all. I just feel that there's no way Kamala could get 80+ million people to vote for her. I mean, I drove around exurban Denver yesterday and I must have seen 100 Trump-Vance signs and just one or two Harris-Walz. Plus have you seen those rally crowds? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L Ron Burgundy Posted Monday at 09:11 PM Share Posted Monday at 09:11 PM 1 minute ago, The Frankish Reich said: I just feel that there's no way Kamala could get 80+ million people to vote for her. I mean, I drove around exurban Denver yesterday and I must have seen 100 Trump-Vance signs and just one or two Harris-Walz. Plus have you seen those rally crowds? LOL, I don't know why I ever expect anything other than answers just like this from these people. If they didn't have feelings (brought to them by an orange imbecile) what would they post here? Would they post at all? We've seen this answer at least 100 times and it keeps getting dumber every single time we see it. Rather than just owning the truth. "I believed a pathological liar". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Frankish Reich Posted Monday at 09:17 PM Share Posted Monday at 09:17 PM Just now, L Ron Burgundy said: LOL, I don't know why I ever expect anything other than answers just like this from these people. If they didn't have feelings (brought to them by an orange imbecile) what would they post here? Would they post at all? We've seen this answer at least 100 times and it keeps getting dumber every single time we see it. Rather than just owning the truth. "I believed a pathological liar". I realized that after the last election. I just assumed Trump was dumb enough to think that his extremely unrepresentative sample of the United States electorate - the people who attend his rallies - reflected overall preferences. But surely his better educated supporters knew better, right? Well, no. No they don't. The Literary Digest fallacy lives! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Literary_Digest#:~:text=The magazine gained notoriety when,Democratic incumbent President Franklin D. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiGoose Posted Monday at 09:32 PM Author Share Posted Monday at 09:32 PM 1 hour ago, Wacka said: Where's 5 states including NY? Thanks for catching that. I've updated with the states I missed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsFanNC Posted Monday at 09:35 PM Share Posted Monday at 09:35 PM Proof of fraud in 2020 is everywhere. Deranged useful idiots parroting their media masters mantra that 2020 was the most secure election in US history while also still believing that 2016 Russia collusion is real tells you everything. If you are giving these morons the time of day then you're doing it wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiGoose Posted Monday at 09:37 PM Author Share Posted Monday at 09:37 PM (edited) 1 hour ago, Tommy Callahan said: Crazy how years ago we knew by election night. Just like the rest of the world still does. The election has never been officially decided by election night, it's just rarely been so close that the media isn't able to make projections (which they can do incorrectly like they did in 2000 when Florida was called for Gore by some outlets before they had to walk it back). We are incredibly polarized now and elections are closer, being decided by tens of thousands of voters across a couple of states. It's not surprising that this, combined with some of those states (*cough* Pennsylvania and Wisconsin *cough*) not updating their laws to allow for quicker counting. Edited Monday at 09:46 PM by ChiGoose 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pokebball Posted Monday at 09:48 PM Share Posted Monday at 09:48 PM 9 minutes ago, ChiGoose said: The election has never been officially decided by election night, it's just rarely been so close that the media isn't able to make projections (which they can get incorrectly like they did in 2000 when Florida was called for Gore by some outlets before they had to walk it back). We are incredibly polarized now and elections are closer, being decided by tens of thousands of voters across a couple of states. It's not surprising that this, combined with some of those states (*cough* Pennsylvania and Wisconsin *cough*) not updating their laws to allow for quicker counting. nothing you say can convince me that it takes 10-14 days All that does is feeds everybody's anxieties and conspiracies. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L Ron Burgundy Posted Monday at 09:57 PM Share Posted Monday at 09:57 PM Odd. If they had proof....I don't know....maybe, THEY'D HAVE PROOF! I have tons of proof! I'm just not showing anyone ever. LOL. Jokers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiGoose Posted Monday at 10:01 PM Author Share Posted Monday at 10:01 PM 11 minutes ago, Pokebball said: nothing you say can convince me that it takes 10-14 days All that does is feeds everybody's anxieties and conspiracies. Even in 2020 where we had higher than normal vote by mail due to the pandemic and we had states with outdated laws for counting vote by mail, it took fewer than 4 days for the media to call the election. Not sure where you're getting 10-14 days from. I agree that long counting times feed anxieties and conspiracies, which is why I think states should adopt laws similar to the first two columns my original post for quicker counting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pokebball Posted Monday at 10:16 PM Share Posted Monday at 10:16 PM 12 minutes ago, ChiGoose said: Even in 2020 where we had higher than normal vote by mail due to the pandemic and we had states with outdated laws for counting vote by mail, it took fewer than 4 days for the media to call the election. Not sure where you're getting 10-14 days from. I agree that long counting times feed anxieties and conspiracies, which is why I think states should adopt laws similar to the first two columns my original post for quicker counting. I've seen many reports about 10-14 days. Here's one one county in arizona Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScotSHO Posted Monday at 10:26 PM Share Posted Monday at 10:26 PM (edited) Each vote is a child, we have to nurture it and love it and make it our own. - a**hole Liberal Real future children, KILL EM ALL! - Also a**hole Liberal Edited Monday at 10:27 PM by ScotSHO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L Ron Burgundy Posted Monday at 10:28 PM Share Posted Monday at 10:28 PM 1 minute ago, ScotSHO said: Each vote is a child, we have to nurture it and love it and make it our own. - a**hole Liberal Real future children, KILL EM ALL! - Also a**hole Liberal You speak much like your avatar don't you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScotSHO Posted Monday at 10:37 PM Share Posted Monday at 10:37 PM 8 minutes ago, L Ron Burgundy said: You speak much like your avatar don't you? More like Boomhauer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiGoose Posted Monday at 11:57 PM Author Share Posted Monday at 11:57 PM 1 hour ago, Pokebball said: I've seen many reports about 10-14 days. Here's one one county in arizona So I want to be very clear, there’s a difference between counting all of the ballots (which has never been done on Election Day) and counting enough ballots for the media to be able to call the presidential election on Election Day. I’d be curious as to what percentage of ballots are outstanding after Election Day as well as what their cutoff is for ballots postmarked by Election Day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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