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redstateblues

(10,565 posts) Tue Mar 13, 2018, 11:30 PM Mar 2018

Why cant they count the absentees tonight?

How long could it possibly take?

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Why cant they count the absentees tonight? (Original Post) redstateblues Mar 2018 OP

They have to take a break and consult on how best to cheat ProudLib72 Mar 2018 #1

Washington Co. decided to count tonight. DURHAM D Mar 2018 #2

Baby Jesus pimpbot Mar 2018 #3

Or a couple of Lamb voter bags in the river wasupaloopa Mar 2018 #7

They are going to! Doing it now as we speak! PearliePoo2 Mar 2018 #4

They need to know precisely how many extra votes Saccone needs to win... regnaD kciN Mar 2018 #5

They have to pray over them first. JenniferJuniper Mar 2018 #6

They need time in those two repug counties to figure out how to steal it of course. Every other... brush Mar 2018 #8

Westmoreland County is also counting absentee votes. nt DURHAM D Mar 2018 #9

Aside from the obvious snark about how best to steal, there are good reasons... TreasonousBastard Mar 2018 #10

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)

1. They have to take a break and consult on how best to cheat

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Tue Mar 13, 2018, 11:31 PM

Mar 2018

DURHAM D

(32,609 posts)

2. Washington Co. decided to count tonight.

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Tue Mar 13, 2018, 11:32 PM

Mar 2018

Results should be available in less than an hour.

pimpbot

(940 posts)

3. Baby Jesus

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Tue Mar 13, 2018, 11:32 PM

Mar 2018

would be mad at working late at night. Need to get home and pray some more votes will be found down by the river.

wasupaloopa

(4,516 posts)

7. Or a couple of Lamb voter bags in the river

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Tue Mar 13, 2018, 11:35 PM

Mar 2018

PearliePoo2

(7,768 posts)

4. They are going to! Doing it now as we speak!

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Tue Mar 13, 2018, 11:33 PM

Mar 2018

regnaD kciN

(26,044 posts)

5. They need to know precisely how many extra votes Saccone needs to win...

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Tue Mar 13, 2018, 11:33 PM

Mar 2018

JenniferJuniper

(4,510 posts)

6. They have to pray over them first.

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Tue Mar 13, 2018, 11:34 PM

Mar 2018

brush

(53,764 posts)

8. They need time in those two repug counties to figure out how to steal it of course. Every other...

Reply to redstateblues (Original post)

Tue Mar 13, 2018, 11:35 PM

Mar 2018

county has done it tonight so you know something is up.

DURHAM D

(32,609 posts)

9. Westmoreland County is also counting absentee votes. nt

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Tue Mar 13, 2018, 11:37 PM

Mar 2018

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)

10. Aside from the obvious snark about how best to steal, there are good reasons...

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Wed Mar 14, 2018, 12:04 AM

Mar 2018

Each county has its own rules, but generally...

Absentee ballots must have a postmark, but not necessarily received in the office, and if the required postmark date is close to the election all votes may not be in yet-- this is particularly true for APO and FPO mail, which may have their own requirements.

Absentee ballots often take special treatment, with special judges possibly needed to monitor the count. My own BoE regularly changes the rules from time to time-- if there are just a few of them, they are delivered to the poll and the poll workers enter them into the machines, but if there are a lot they are counted at BoE HQ.

Some counties may not count absentee ballots at all if they won't alter the results. (They would be counted in a recount, though)

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