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longship

(40,416 posts)

6. No early counting.

Reply to NV Whino (Reply #4)

Thu Nov 8, 2012, 02:47 PM

Nov 2012

That would break ballot security.

WA and OR do their entire electorate by mail and they have no trouble getting it counted in a timely manner.

FL is just screwed up. OH, too.

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Absentee Ballot Count Over in Miami-Dade, press conf link: [View all] The Straight Story Nov 2012 OP

Fucking Floriduh! Webster Green Nov 2012 #1

I wonder if they ever thought to get a head start on the absentee ballots NV Whino Nov 2012 #2

AFAIK, they can only start counting when pollls are closed. longship Nov 2012 #3

Absentee ballots are on the rise, it seems to me NV Whino Nov 2012 #4

Election Day registration, too. SammyWinstonJack Nov 2012 #5

No early counting. longship Nov 2012 #6

A LOT of people have told me they are voting absentee csziggy Nov 2012 #7

Maybe not having a 12 page ballot would speed things up...nt SidDithers Nov 2012 #8

Yeah, well that's what happens when you load up a ballot with a gazillion ballot measures. It's.... Tarheel_Dem Nov 2012 #9