Let them count all the votes (and please don't flame me)

[LearnedHand]

I know we’re all shallow breathing, but this count and the results reporting must be unimpeachable. Not one single toehold for the White House occupants. And the networks
Must not squander their chances to be absolutely certain. It’s hard, but I support the restraint.

On edit: Slightly confusing thread title. I meant I don’t want the networks to declare the winner ahead of clear, unimpeachable vote tallies.

[yardwork]

1. There's a difference between networks calling races and certified results.

[LearnedHand]

5. Truly there is

And I want both to be unimpeachable.

[marie999]

7. Correct, but the networks should be sure that the winner can't be caught by the loser.

Do you want even the smallest state with very few EC members to be called for trump and then has to change it to Biden? Let the vote counters do their job.

[Under The Radar]

2. Agreed

[soothsayer]

3. I'm on board with that. It'll be fine.

[renate]

4. I agree

It really has to be certain at a time when conspiracy theories are thicker on the ground than autumn leaves.

[Blasphemer]

6. Of course. They always count all the votes. This is a different issue

The election is always called before a final official count is known using reasonable estimates of what is possible based on the outstanding votes. That's the media fulfilling their role as the Fourth Estate. Waiting will not making anything better. No matter how unimpeachable the process, Trump will not concede and the MAGATs will not accept it. Prolonging it to suit their delusions is not helpful to this country.

[LearnedHand]

9. I agree; he'll do that no matter what

And in normal times it doesn’t matter if the networks call the election based on solid statistical probabilities. I thin it matters way more in these crazy times.

[Thekaspervote]

11. I don't think they are prolonging it to "suit." They are waiting on vote totals to be solid enough

That there’s no question about who won

[Thekaspervote]

8. Agree wholeheartedly

His goons would claim it happened all over the country if a race was called and then retracted. Violence would ramp up for sure

On another note...death by a thousand paper cuts for dotard is so fitting as he agonizes knowing there’s nothing he can do

[LearnedHand]

10. Oh my. That just made my day!

Now I’m really relishing the deliberative approach.

[Thekaspervote]

13. Happy to oblige!

[angrychair]

12. I agree it should be done with care

and accurately.

That also needs to be weighed in contrast to the chaos that trump and his followers are sowing as we crawl through this mess.
It genuinely puts innocent people, like state officials and poll workers, in very real danger.

[Thekaspervote]

15. That is a very good point. But calling the race is one thing, the votes still need to be counted

Whether the race is called or not.

National guard has been called up in 18 states and police, fbi and secret service are on high alert to protect

[bdamomma]

16. That's good

I am glad the National guard has been called.

[Sogo]

19. Link about NG, FBI, and SS?

I haven't heard this, but it sounds prudent....

[Ohio Joe]

14. I'm kind of enjoying it...

My lady and I are smoking a fine sativa, cooking up a storm and checking the news every few hours. We are very amused by the obvious torture this process is causing the orange menace.

We are good letting it linger

[Revanchist]

17. I think they don't want a repeat of 2000

When they called FL for Gore then had to backtrack.

[LearnedHand]

18. That makes a lot of sense

Even more so with this clown car bunch.

[mopinko]

20. i'm not hating

the thought of him twisting in the wind.