US Election Week 2020

[alfred russel]

CNN just called Michigan for Biden.

I am not sure what is going on in Nevada and Arizona. Are they counting in secret or something? I am not seeing updated vote counts anywhere.

I so hope this comes down to Arizona putting their thumb down to Trump.

It would be better if Biden decisively wins Pennsylvania and also pulls out a state like Georgia so that it doesn't come down to any one state.

[Grey Fox]

Nevada officials said no updates until tomorrow noon EST, late last night.

[Valmy]

Nevada officials said no updates until tomorrow noon EST, late last night.

So November 5th at noon?

[Valmy]

CNN just called Michigan for Biden.

I am not sure what is going on in Nevada and Arizona. Are they counting in secret or something? I am not seeing updated vote counts anywhere.

I so hope this comes down to Arizona putting their thumb down to Trump.

It would be better if Biden decisively wins Pennsylvania and also pulls out a state like Georgia so that it doesn't come down to any one state.

Yeah what is going on in Atlanta? When do they project to have all the votes counted?

[Grey Fox]

Nevada officials said no updates until tomorrow noon EST, late last night.

So November 5th at noon?

Yes.

[Valmy]

Gotcha.

[alfred russel]

Nevada officials said no updates until tomorrow noon EST, late last night.

That really is bullshit. My brother works as the controller of a manufacturing company out in the sticks, and he is saying the workforce is becoming more and more angry as the day progresses "because of the voter fraud giving Biden the lead". He added he works with dumbasses.

It is destabilizing to have this drag out. Maybe if we had invested in education 20 years ago, people would understand and respond maturely, but we didn't. If Florida can learn how to count quickly, other states can too.

[HisMajestyBOB]

CNN just called Michigan for Biden.

I am not sure what is going on in Nevada and Arizona. Are they counting in secret or something? I am not seeing updated vote counts anywhere.

I so hope this comes down to Arizona putting their thumb down to Trump.

It would be better if Biden decisively wins Pennsylvania and also pulls out a state like Georgia so that it doesn't come down to any one state.

Yeah what is going on in Atlanta? When do they project to have all the votes counted?

Well, they fixed the water main break, but then the power went out. They got the power restored, but a tiger escaped from the zoo and is loose among the ballots. So maybe after that, they'll have results?

[Caliga]

Nevada is strange to me... the margin looks razor thin there (~8K votes) but almost since polls closed, AP has had it leaning toward Trump even with a ton of outstanding votes to be counted and very few updates all day.

[alfred russel]

Yeah what is going on in Atlanta? When do they project to have all the votes counted?

Not sure...earlier today the AJC said that they could wrap up by the end of the day, but I haven't seen anything sense then. Knowing the way this place works, if they say "the end of the day", that could be the case, or it could be early december.

[HisMajestyBOB]

Nevada officials said no updates until tomorrow noon EST, late last night.

That really is bullshit. My brother works as the controller of a manufacturing company out in the sticks, and he is saying the workforce is becoming more and more angry as the day progresses "because of the voter fraud giving Biden the lead". He added he works with dumbasses.

It is destabilizing to have this drag out. Maybe if we had invested in education 20 years ago, people would understand and respond maturely, but we didn't. If Florida can learn how to count quickly, other states can too.

In multiple states (not sure about NV, but PA is one), there are laws courtesy of the GOP that forbid early counting of mail-in votes, and they do it entirely to discredit the process.

[Caliga]

@AR Southerners are lazy, duh.

[alfred russel]

In multiple states (not sure about NV, but PA is one), there are laws courtesy of the GOP that forbid early counting of mail-in votes, and they do it entirely to discredit the process.

That doesn't seem entirely fair. I mean, Democrats are using mail in ballots disproporationately, so they are likely ahead in early votes, which if leaked could hurt Republican turnout.

Anyway, on Georgia, vote counting is really a local matter and they aren't required to be completed until the 13th. But the secretary of state is asking them to move quickly and finish today.

A true final count doesn't seem possible until Friday, because ballots with defects can be cured until then.

[HisMajestyBOB]

In multiple states (not sure about NV, but PA is one), there are laws courtesy of the GOP that forbid early counting of mail-in votes, and they do it entirely to discredit the process.

That doesn't seem entirely fair. I mean, Democrats are using mail in ballots disproporationately, so they are likely ahead in early votes, which if leaked could hurt Republican turnout.

Anyway, on Georgia, vote counting is really a local matter and they aren't required to be completed until the 13th. But the secretary of state is asking them to move quickly and finish today.

A true final count doesn't seem possible until Friday, because ballots with defects can be cured until then.

Florida counts as they come in, which is why they can report so quickly. They do report party affiliation of people who have voted so far (I think, I saw those numbers in tweets and don't recall the source). Dem dominated mail in ballots don't appear to have suppressed the GOP in FL, nor does it look like there was any leak of results, so that seems to be a pretty minor problem. Better to allow states to count ballots early so we can get faster results.

[Maladict]

Can Biden resign the Paris Accord without Senate support?