(11-14-2022 04:02 PM)Fo Shizzle Wrote: (11-14-2022 03:38 PM)Redwingtom Wrote: (11-14-2022 03:33 PM)Fo Shizzle Wrote: (11-14-2022 03:31 PM)Redwingtom Wrote: (11-14-2022 03:27 PM)Fo Shizzle Wrote: The MAJORITY has wanted a lot of fcking things Tom. That does not make them GOOD things. Having a damn election still in question a fcking week later due to mail in balloting is a BAD way to run an election...PERIOD.
Your need to know the result now is meaningless! I don't believe any state has certified their results yet. This takes time to get it right. I just can't fathom how you cannot understand this.
No state has officially called any of their races as done as far as I know. The media does this based on up to date results using projection models, NOT THE STATE! So what do you do if the results are only different by a few votes? You want them to just pick a winner because it's still in question 6 days later and YOU think that is ridiculous and YOU need to know?
We didn't have much mail in voting in 2020, but did we know the Presidential result 6 days after the election? No.
We had Covid problems Tom..and YOU know that. Stop being obtuse.
WTF does anything you or I just said here have to do with Covid?
We decided the election in 6 days during a pandemic. The complications of Covid caused the delay and was understandable. Mail-in balloting alone caused the delay this time.
You're only referring to the national media calling the election for Biden within 6 days...and actually it was more like 4. But again, that does not mean whatsoever that all the votes were counted or that any state had officially certified their final election counts!
Additionally, IIRC, Maricopa County actually received MORE mail-in ballots for this election than they did in the 2020 presidential election.
And again, why does it matter how quickly the media calls a race for a candidate? It's merely a race for them to say they got the scoop on the results call.
Finally, it doesn't matter one iota how quickly any election is "decided". If the vote is close it's going to take more time if there's 500 people voting or 1 million people voting because you have to deal with absentee ballots, challenged ballots, cured ballots, late-arriving mail ballots where allowed, and any other type of vote that's allowed according to state law.
There's scores of explainers available on the web about why Arizona and other states take this long to count. None of which place the blame on anything nefarious. I still can't fathom why anyone still does not understand this.
If the residents of a state want quicker results they need to have their state change their laws...and I have ZERO issue with that as long as it's not done to purposely squelch the vote. You can count mail in ballots earlier, you can prohibit after election day receipt of mail ballots if they're currently allowed in your state, you can hire more election workers, start voting earlier, get more scanners, and a host of other things. But again, if the election is close you're STILL going to be waiting this long for an official winner. And pretty sure, there's not one state yet who has certified their election results.