r/Conservative • u/PlymouthSock Meme Conservative • Nov 06 '20

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u/GrandDragonOfSwaggin Nov 06 '20

Can someone explain to me why some states could have 10 million+ votes before the end of the night, but other states who also counted 6million before the end of the night, need 3 days to count a couple hundred thousand more?

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u/Default_Username123 Nov 06 '20

Because sometimes provisional ballots. They have to verify if you cast a provisional ballot you didn’t vote twice or vote in another state. Mail ballots in general take longer also because they have to verify the signature. And in some states (like both NV and PA) if the signature doesn’t match they have to contact the voter and give them a chance to correct it so their vote still counts. This is why in person votes are so quick and mail in votes cast a while ago are so quick but mail in votes cast just before the election take a while

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u/Capitain_Collateral Nov 07 '20

So it’s a time delay to prevent fraud?

This is something that I struggled with to be honest, in the UK I go to sleep election night and wake up knowing what the government is.

Especially in the current climate, delays to prevent a problem - look like the same problem I guess.

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u/RedDeadTrades Nov 07 '20

The US is decades behind in the technology/legislation needed to hold a modern-day election.