Votes must be counted by the end of Election Day.

[Ray From Cleveland]

They don't... They announce who they think is going to win... It is not even close to offical....

There is a returning officer who is in charge of the count gives the actual results....

US is very machine count focused but other places the the returning officer announcement of results is a big thing of the count...

Lord Buckethead, Elmo and Mr Fishfinger: a very British election

Election watchers around the world puzzled by peculiar tradition in UK politics of quirky candidates

www.theguardian.com

The US tradition is very new and was basically set up for TV...

The media can't declare a winner without information coming from the states. Didn't you ever watch an election? They report so and so is ahead with 52% of the polling reporting.

It's not technically official until the House signs off on it which is a week or two later.

 

[Coyote]

Typical Dems, always taking things out of context.
Yes, most every time throughout history we've known the results on election night, and you know thats exactly what he meant.
Now it might not be the exact (official) count for each state, as they have to count the remaining (irrelevant) votes, but we typically we know on election night, or first thing in the morning.

Exactly how are the remaining votes “irrelevant”? We typically “know” when most of the votes are counted at the end of the day, but there times before when that was not the case.

This time they will mostly tell us whether to lock people up.

That makes no sense.

The votes past the election day will primarily be democrat fraud votes. And if republicans aren't dumb, republican fraud votes as well.

Totally unsubstantiated.

 

[Lesh]

Typical Dems, always taking things out of context.
Yes, most every time throughout history we've known the results on election night, and you know thats exactly what he meant.
Now it might not be the exact (official) count for each state, as they have to count the remaining (irrelevant) votes, but we typically we know on election night, or first thing in the morning.

Not that I give a shit...but until the advent of electronic media..it often took weeks to decide the election..that's why the lag time in Certification. the telegraph started to change that...totals were telegraphed to newspapers and thence to the populace.

The media's calling of elections...has evolved into an imprimatur that doesn't actually mean a thing.

But Trump should be careful what he wishes for....a blue wave may indeed have the election called on election day..for Biden!

Alright then, Throughout (modern) history - Radio -Television, is that sufficient ?
Again typical Dems with context, or twist and spin. Did you miss the part where I said "most" ?
And your wrong about your boy. Daddy Trump is going rock.

So Television is the arbiter of our Democracy?

No it is not.

 

[skye]

You can not be counting votes for several weeks or months or more , you know?

No way.

The election night, that's when America will and should know the results of this election.

 

[Norman]

Typical Dems, always taking things out of context.
Yes, most every time throughout history we've known the results on election night, and you know thats exactly what he meant.
Now it might not be the exact (official) count for each state, as they have to count the remaining (irrelevant) votes, but we typically we know on election night, or first thing in the morning.

Exactly how are the remaining votes “irrelevant”? We typically “know” when most of the votes are counted at the end of the day, but there times before when that was not the case.

This time they will mostly tell us whether to lock people up.

That makes no sense.

The votes past the election day will primarily be democrat fraud votes. And if republicans aren't dumb, republican fraud votes as well.

Totally unsubstantiated.

You would have to be a moron to not have deduced it. Why the hell would someone NOT use this opportunity to cheat that democrats have forced upon us?

They made it legal so that they can use it.

They will still lose, because Americans don't like cheaters and anti-Americans. Maybe even lose in prison.

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

Typical Dems, always taking things out of context.
Yes, most every time throughout history we've known the results on election night, and you know thats exactly what he meant.
Now it might not be the exact (official) count for each state, as they have to count the remaining (irrelevant) votes, but we typically we know on election night, or first thing in the morning.

Exactly how are the remaining votes “irrelevant”? We typically “know” when most of the votes are counted at the end of the day, but there times before when that was not the case.

Our country has never had this kind of high volume before with mail in voting. This election is entirely different than any others in the past.

 

[Coyote]

Or must they?


Donald Trump at a rally in Iowa “We should know the result of the election on November 3rd, the evening of November 3rd. That’s the way it's been and that's the way it should be."

Except when it’s not. In fact...it has never been that way.

There has never been a requirement...or even an expectation that all ballots be tabulated by the end of Election Day. And they usually are not. It typically takes longer to count absentee ballots, which, by law, are just as valid as any other.

So if you want to know the way it has really always been, don’t listen to Trump who’s goal is to disenfranchise mail in voters.

FACT CHECK: Trump Falsely Claims That Votes Shouldn't Be Counted After Election Day

"I think it's terrible when we can't know the results of an election the night of the election in a modern-day age of computers," Trump said. But the vote totals are never fully counted the same day.

www.npr.org

For starters, no state ever reports its final results on election night.

Typically, news outlets are able to declare winners the night of the election using partial counts and exit polls, which allow them to see how much of the vote is going to which candidate and calculate whether a candidate still has a path forward to win.

Each state has its own laws for when it needs to certify the election results, and none falls on Election Day.

Delaware is the only state that will certify its results within the same week as Election Day. Most states will certify their results in the last two weeks of November, with some states even extending until the second week of December.

Additionally, polls don't even close in California, Oregon, Idaho and Washington until 11 p.m. ET, and Hawaii's polls don't close until midnight on the East Coast.

It would be nice if we could, though.

It would nice if all votes could be counted by the end of election day, I agree, it’s just never been the case.

 

[Lesh]

It's not technically official until the House signs off on it which is a week or two later.

Now you're catching on

 

[Indeependent]

TDS Alert!

FACT: We should know the results of the election by the end of the day on November 3. November 3 is the Federally-mandated ELECTION DAY.

FACT: We may not know the result of the election by the end of the day on November 3. It is likely that several states will be decided by razor-thin margins, and some states, like Pennsylvania, are facilitating Democrat shenanigans that could enable manufacturing of votes AFTER ELECTION DAY.

There is no conflict between the second and third paragraphs above. But I wouldn't expect Leftists to understand that.

TDS - Trump Disinformation Syndrome

Fact: no state ends it’s counting of ballots by midnight Election Day, nullifying the rest.

Fact: No state certifies it’s election results by the end of the Election Day.

Fact: there is no mandate that requires all votes to be tallied by close of Election Day. It is up to individual states.

And not one of those 3 points addressed the fact that there should be a deadline for receipt of those ballots.

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

The rules are the rules.

All legal lawful votes need to be counted

Then why not make it a week? A month? Maybe four months?

 

[BlackSand]

It's nonsense intended to pack the vote at the last second.
The bad for Ls is that they blew their load too early; it's called emotional disturbance.

It's like a competition to who's panties can get in a tighter knot ...

.

 

[Indeependent]

The rules are the rules.

All legal lawful votes need to be counted

Then why not make it a week? A month? Maybe four months?

4 years!

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

And not one of those 3 points addressed the fact that there should be a deadline for receipt of those ballots.

and it should be decided by the feds in a national election.

 

[Coyote]

Typical Dems, always taking things out of context.
Yes, most every time throughout history we've known the results on election night, and you know thats exactly what he meant.
Now it might not be the exact (official) count for each state, as they have to count the remaining (irrelevant) votes, but we typically we know on election night, or first thing in the morning.

Exactly how are the remaining votes “irrelevant”? We typically “know” when most of the votes are counted at the end of the day, but there times before when that was not the case.

This time they will mostly tell us whether to lock people up.

That makes no sense.

The votes past the election day will primarily be democrat fraud votes. And if republicans aren't dumb, republican fraud votes as well.

Totally unsubstantiated.

You would have to be a moron to not have deduced it. Why the hell would someone NOT use this opportunity to cheat that democrats have forced upon us?

They made it legal so that they can use it.

They will still lose, because Americans don't like cheaters and anti-Americans. Maybe even lose in prison.

There is nothing TO deduce. There simply is no evidence that mail in voting produces greater fraud, for either party. It has always been legal and some states have had all mail voting for a while.

 

[Indeependent]

It's nonsense intended to pack the vote at the last second.
The bad for Ls is that they blew their load too early; it's called emotional disturbance.

It's like a competition to who's panties can get in a tighter knot ...

.

I'm not a fan of either party but there's no excuse, when Ds are already screaming about mail-in ballots for months, not to return a ballot way in advance.

 

[flacaltenn]

Or must they?


Donald Trump at a rally in Iowa “We should know the result of the election on November 3rd, the evening of November 3rd. That’s the way it's been and that's the way it should be."

Except when it’s not. In fact...it has never been that way.

There has never been a requirement...or even an expectation that all ballots be tabulated by the end of Election Day. And they usually are not. It typically takes longer to count absentee ballots, which, by law, are just as valid as any other.

So if you want to know the way it has really always been, don’t listen to Trump who’s goal is to disenfranchise mail in voters.

FACT CHECK: Trump Falsely Claims That Votes Shouldn't Be Counted After Election Day

"I think it's terrible when we can't know the results of an election the night of the election in a modern-day age of computers," Trump said. But the vote totals are never fully counted the same day.

www.npr.org

For starters, no state ever reports its final results on election night.

Typically, news outlets are able to declare winners the night of the election using partial counts and exit polls, which allow them to see how much of the vote is going to which candidate and calculate whether a candidate still has a path forward to win.

Each state has its own laws for when it needs to certify the election results, and none falls on Election Day.

Delaware is the only state that will certify its results within the same week as Election Day. Most states will certify their results in the last two weeks of November, with some states even extending until the second week of December.

Additionally, polls don't even close in California, Oregon, Idaho and Washington until 11 p.m. ET, and Hawaii's polls don't close until midnight on the East Coast.

Many states manage to clear their mail-ins by the next morning. Why shouldn't ALL of them be capable of doing this? We've gone too far to "easy and convienient".. Need to bring it back to ACCURATE and RELIABLE and TIMELY...

 

[Indeependent]

And not one of those 3 points addressed the fact that there should be a deadline for receipt of those ballots.

and it should be decided by the feds in a national election.

Bingo!

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

It's not technically official until the House signs off on it which is a week or two later.

Now you're catching on

Not catching on to anything. Knew it all along.

 

[flacaltenn]

There is nothing TO deduce. There simply is no evidence that mail in voting produces greater fraud, for either party. It has always been legal and some states have had all mail voting for a while.

There's no such thing as "all mail voting".. There are ALWAYS polls open on election day.. And that is just ONE weakness of the plan.. Because ALL those "in-person" votes should be treated as "provisionals" and NOT tallied until all the mail-ins are cleared and recorded...

 

[Norman]

Typical Dems, always taking things out of context.
Yes, most every time throughout history we've known the results on election night, and you know thats exactly what he meant.
Now it might not be the exact (official) count for each state, as they have to count the remaining (irrelevant) votes, but we typically we know on election night, or first thing in the morning.

Exactly how are the remaining votes “irrelevant”? We typically “know” when most of the votes are counted at the end of the day, but there times before when that was not the case.

This time they will mostly tell us whether to lock people up.

That makes no sense.

The votes past the election day will primarily be democrat fraud votes. And if republicans aren't dumb, republican fraud votes as well.

Totally unsubstantiated.

You would have to be a moron to not have deduced it. Why the hell would someone NOT use this opportunity to cheat that democrats have forced upon us?

They made it legal so that they can use it.

They will still lose, because Americans don't like cheaters and anti-Americans. Maybe even lose in prison.

There is nothing TO deduce. There simply is no evidence that mail in voting produces greater fraud, for either party. It has always been legal and some states have had all mail voting for a while.

You must have had your head in the sand for past two months.

There is a lot of evidence that OBVIOUSLY mail in fraud produces more fraud. Absolutely ridiculous to claim it does not when it is even logically a certainty.

Coyote, people are getting really tired of your lying. It is not working and no one is buying.