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Post by walkerdog on Aug 18, 2024 17:28:01 GMT -5
What makes you think I live in one of the states that can’t start counting absentee votes until voting day……. or after if post marked by their deadline and not still received in the mail?
You say some pretty off the wall things sometimes that make you look not too bright. I’d like think you’re smarter than you sometimes try to come off.
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Post by walkerdog on Aug 18, 2024 17:29:22 GMT -5
If you watched the news in 2020, you would already know. It had a lot to do with the fiasco and was discussed at length at the time. Maybe they’ve since changed their laws. Hopefully so.
I watched what happened in 2020.... The only fiasco was the fiasco created by the trump camp.
In your opinion, sure. There were plenty of things that happened that didn’t reflect well on the election process that was being followed.
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Post by illinoisfisherman on Aug 18, 2024 17:29:39 GMT -5
I didn’t mean that if you were thinking of me
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Post by johnnybandit on Aug 18, 2024 17:32:29 GMT -5
They are counted on election day. Like all the other votes (except I suppose that early voting are tabulated but not disclosed in the machines as they come in)
Why do you feel they should be counted immediately?
Not every state does it as you’re describing.
How about some documentation on that......
Here are the state by state regulations on mail in ballots.... There is no state that waits weeks or even days to count mail in ballots.... In some states the mail in ballots are not counted on election day until all in person ballots are counted.... If in person voting is high, that could push counting the mail in ballots off a day or two. But if voter turn out is high, as it was on 2020, some states and some voting precincts may not finish counting in person votes on election day....
But there is no state where it is allowed to wait to count mail in ballots.
Alabama 7 a.m. on Election Day. After the polls close on Election Day. Alaska Seven days before Election Day. 8 p.m. on Election Day. Arizona Upon receipt. Tallying can begin immediately after processing, but results may not be released before all precincts have reported or one hour after the close of polls on Election Day. Releasing information earlier is a felony. Arkansas Seven days before Election Day. 8:30 a.m. on Election Day, but results are not reported until after the polls close on Election Day. California Twenty-nine days before Election Day. A vote count can be accessed or released at 8 p.m. on Election Day. Colorado Upon receipt. Fifteen days before Election Day, but the count cannot be released until after 7 p.m. on Election Day. Connecticut At the discretion of the local registrar of voters. At the discretion of the local registrar of voters. Delaware Friday before Election Day. Friday before Election Day, but the count cannot be extracted or reported until polls close on Election Day. District of Columbia Signatures can be verified and the secrecy envelope removed prior to tabulation. Exact timing not specified. After the polls close on Election Day. Florida Upon receipt. Upon the completion of the public testing of automatic tabulating equipment (which begins not more than 25 days before early voting commences). Releasing the results early is a felony. Georgia Signature verification conducted upon receipt, and further processing can begin at 8 a.m. on the third Monday before Election Day. 7 a.m. on Election Day. Hawaii Signature verification conducted upon receipt, and further processing can begin eighteen days before Election Day. Eighteen days before Election Day, but results cannot be disclosed until after the polls close on Election Day. Idaho Signature verification conducted upon receipt. Ballots are not opened until they are delivered to the polls or central location for counting. After the polls close on Election Day. Illinois Signature verification must begin within two days of receipt. After the polls close on Election Day. Indiana Upon receipt. Depending upon the county, 6 a.m. on Election Day or immediately after the electronic poll books used at each polling place or vote center have been updated to indicate the county received the absentee ballot. Iowa The day before Election Day if directed by the commissioner to do so. On Election Day, at a time set by the election commissioner to allow a reasonable amount of time to complete the count of absentee ballots by 10 p.m. on Election Day. The commissioner may also choose to convene the board the day before the election. Kansas Prior to Election Day. Exact timing not specified. Ballots may be counted prior to Election Day, but final tabulation shall not be completed until Election Day. Kentucky May begin 14 days before Election Day and must start by 8 a.m. on Election Day. Counting begins after all absentee ballots have been processed. Louisiana Parishes with more than 1,000 absentee ballots may begin three days before Election Day with written approval of the secretary of state, or one day before Election Day without. Parishes with fewer than 1,000 absentee ballots may begin prior to the close of polls on Election Day. Counting may begin before the polls close on Election Day, but no later than 8 p.m. on Election Day. Maine Seven days before Election Day if notice of processing times is posted at least 30 days before the election. After the polls close on Election Day. Maryland October 1, 2022[2] October 1, 2022[2] Massachusetts Upon receipt. On Election Day and no later than an hour after the polls close. Michigan Two days before election day.[3] At 7 a.m. on Election Day. Anyone with access to absentee ballot counting must sign an oath that information related to processing and tallying will not be communicated in any way until after the polls close. Minnesota Verification upon receipt. After the close of business on the seventh day before the election, verified ballots can be opened and deposited in a ballot box. After the polls close on Election Day. Mississippi On Election Day when polls open. After the polls close on Election Day. Missouri Five days before Election Day. On Election Day. Montana Signature verification conducted upon receipt. Three business days before Election Day, election officials may open the secrecy envelope and place the ballot in a secured ballot box until tabulation occurs. One day before Election Day, if using a vote-counting machine. Tabulation using a manual count may not begin until Election Day. Access to an electronic system containing early tabulation results is limited to the election administrator and the election administrator’s designee. Nebraska Verification can begin the second Friday before Election Day. If approved, the envelope can be opened, the ballot unfolded and flattened and placed in a sealed container. Twenty-four hours before the opening of the polls. No results shall be released until after polls close on Election Day. Nevada Signature verification conducted upon receipt. Fifteen days before Election Day, and counting must be completed by the seventh day after the election. Results may not be reported until the close of the polls. New Hampshire At 1 p.m. on Election Day, unless a different time, no earlier than two hours after the opening of the polls, is posted and announced. After the polls close on Election Day. New Jersey Signature verification conducted upon receipt. The inner envelopes cannot be opened until Election Day. On Election Day. New Mexico Any time after mailed ballots have been sent until the fifth day before the election, the county clerk may convene an election board to verify returned mail ballots. If more than 10,000 absentee ballots are sent, they may be opened and inserted into an electronic voting machine two weeks before Election Day. If fewer than 10,000 absentee ballots are sent, they may be opened and inserted into an electronic voting machine five days before the election. Absentee ballots are inserted into vote-counting machines before Election Day, but votes are not counted until after the polls close. It is unlawful for a person to disclose the results of a count prior to the close of the polls or the deadline for receiving mailed ballots. New York Verification within four days of receipt. Ballots are placed in counting machines and scanned the day before the first day of early voting. One hour before the polls close on Election Day, but results cannot be released until the close of polls on Election Day. North Carolina At county board of elections meetings, beginning the fifth Tuesday before Election Day. Counties using optical scan devices may remove ballots from their envelopes and place them in tabulators. 5 p.m. on Election Day, unless a resolution is adopted at least two weeks before the election to allow counting for all absentee ballots to begin at 2 p.m. on Election Day. Results shall not be announced before 7:30 p.m. on Election Day. North Dakota Three business days before Election Day. After the polls close on Election Day. Ohio Processing, including using automatic tabulating equipment to scan ballots, may begin before the time for counting ballots at a time determined by the board of elections. Exact timing not specified. Exact timing not specified, but the count may not be disclosed prior to the close of the polls. Oklahoma 10 a.m. on the Thursday before Election Day, or earlier with approval by the secretary of the state election board. On Election Day or prior to Election Day with approval by the secretary of the state election board. When counting occurs before Election Day, the county election board shall remove the election results storage media from the voting device, without obtaining a printout of results, and seal ballots counted that day in a transfer case secured by the sheriff until the time the board next meets to count. Results cannot be reported earlier than 7 p.m. on Election Day. Oregon Upon receipt. Results may not be made public until after 8 p.m. on Election Day. Pennsylvania 7 a.m. on Election Day. At 7 a.m. on Election Day, but the votes may not be recorded or published until after the polls close. Rhode Island Fourteen days before Election Day. 8 p.m. on Election Day. South Carolina 9 a.m. on Election Day. 9 a.m. on Election Day. Results may not be reported until after the polls close. South Dakota On Election Day prior to the close of the polls. After the polls close on Election Day. Tennessee Signature verification conducted upon receipt. On Election Day after the polls open and no later than four hours before closing for general elections, or two hours before closing for all other elections. Texas No more than 20 days before Election Day. When the polls open on Election Day. In a jurisdiction with more than 100,000 people, counting can begin at the end of the early in-person voting period. Utah Processing may begin before Election Day. Exact timing not specified. Counting may begin before Election Day. Exact timing not specified. Results may not be reported until after the polls close on Election Day. Vermont Ballots may be deposited into the vote tabulator 30 days before Election Day, if the board of civil authority votes to do so. At the close of polls on Election Day. Virginia Upon receipt. At the close of polls on Election Day, but ballots may be inserted into ballot-counting machines prior to the closing of the polls. If absentee ballots are counted by hand, tallying may begin after noon on Election Day. Vote counts may not be reported until after the polls close. Washington Upon receipt. 8 p.m. on Election Day. No person may divulge any results of the count prior to 8 p.m. on Election Day. A violation is a misdemeanor. West Virginia Absentee ballots are delivered to precincts on Election Day. On Election Day. Results may not be disclosed until the polls close and precinct returns are posted on the door of polling places; to do so is a violation of the oath taken by the counting board. Wisconsin After the polls open on Election Day. After the polls open on Election Day. Wyoming The Thursday or Friday preceding Election Day. On Election Day.
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Post by walkerdog on Aug 18, 2024 17:32:33 GMT -5
I didn’t mean that if you were thinking of me No. Reply was to JB
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Post by illinoisfisherman on Aug 18, 2024 17:33:37 GMT -5
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Post by walkerdog on Aug 18, 2024 17:34:16 GMT -5
Not every state does it as you’re describing.
How about some documentation on that......
Here are the state by state regulations on mail in ballots.... There is no state that waits weeks or even days to count mail in ballots.... In some states the mail in ballots are not counted on election day until all in person ballots are counted.... If in person voting is high, that could push counting the mail in ballots off a day or two. But if voter turn out is high, as it was on 2020, some states and some voting precincts may not finish counting in person votes on election day....
But there is no state where it is allowed to wait to count mail in ballots.
Alabama 7 a.m. on Election Day. After the polls close on Election Day. Alaska Seven days before Election Day. 8 p.m. on Election Day. Arizona Upon receipt. Tallying can begin immediately after processing, but results may not be released before all precincts have reported or one hour after the close of polls on Election Day. Releasing information earlier is a felony. Arkansas Seven days before Election Day. 8:30 a.m. on Election Day, but results are not reported until after the polls close on Election Day. California Twenty-nine days before Election Day. A vote count can be accessed or released at 8 p.m. on Election Day. Colorado Upon receipt. Fifteen days before Election Day, but the count cannot be released until after 7 p.m. on Election Day. Connecticut At the discretion of the local registrar of voters. At the discretion of the local registrar of voters. Delaware Friday before Election Day. Friday before Election Day, but the count cannot be extracted or reported until polls close on Election Day. District of Columbia Signatures can be verified and the secrecy envelope removed prior to tabulation. Exact timing not specified. After the polls close on Election Day. Florida Upon receipt. Upon the completion of the public testing of automatic tabulating equipment (which begins not more than 25 days before early voting commences). Releasing the results early is a felony. Georgia Signature verification conducted upon receipt, and further processing can begin at 8 a.m. on the third Monday before Election Day. 7 a.m. on Election Day. Hawaii Signature verification conducted upon receipt, and further processing can begin eighteen days before Election Day. Eighteen days before Election Day, but results cannot be disclosed until after the polls close on Election Day. Idaho Signature verification conducted upon receipt. Ballots are not opened until they are delivered to the polls or central location for counting. After the polls close on Election Day. Illinois Signature verification must begin within two days of receipt. After the polls close on Election Day. Indiana Upon receipt. Depending upon the county, 6 a.m. on Election Day or immediately after the electronic poll books used at each polling place or vote center have been updated to indicate the county received the absentee ballot. Iowa The day before Election Day if directed by the commissioner to do so. On Election Day, at a time set by the election commissioner to allow a reasonable amount of time to complete the count of absentee ballots by 10 p.m. on Election Day. The commissioner may also choose to convene the board the day before the election. Kansas Prior to Election Day. Exact timing not specified. Ballots may be counted prior to Election Day, but final tabulation shall not be completed until Election Day. Kentucky May begin 14 days before Election Day and must start by 8 a.m. on Election Day. Counting begins after all absentee ballots have been processed. Louisiana Parishes with more than 1,000 absentee ballots may begin three days before Election Day with written approval of the secretary of state, or one day before Election Day without. Parishes with fewer than 1,000 absentee ballots may begin prior to the close of polls on Election Day. Counting may begin before the polls close on Election Day, but no later than 8 p.m. on Election Day. Maine Seven days before Election Day if notice of processing times is posted at least 30 days before the election. After the polls close on Election Day. Maryland October 1, 2022[2] October 1, 2022[2] Massachusetts Upon receipt. On Election Day and no later than an hour after the polls close. Michigan Two days before election day.[3] At 7 a.m. on Election Day. Anyone with access to absentee ballot counting must sign an oath that information related to processing and tallying will not be communicated in any way until after the polls close. Minnesota Verification upon receipt. After the close of business on the seventh day before the election, verified ballots can be opened and deposited in a ballot box. After the polls close on Election Day. Mississippi On Election Day when polls open. After the polls close on Election Day. Missouri Five days before Election Day. On Election Day. Montana Signature verification conducted upon receipt. Three business days before Election Day, election officials may open the secrecy envelope and place the ballot in a secured ballot box until tabulation occurs. One day before Election Day, if using a vote-counting machine. Tabulation using a manual count may not begin until Election Day. Access to an electronic system containing early tabulation results is limited to the election administrator and the election administrator’s designee. Nebraska Verification can begin the second Friday before Election Day. If approved, the envelope can be opened, the ballot unfolded and flattened and placed in a sealed container. Twenty-four hours before the opening of the polls. No results shall be released until after polls close on Election Day. Nevada Signature verification conducted upon receipt. Fifteen days before Election Day, and counting must be completed by the seventh day after the election. Results may not be reported until the close of the polls. New Hampshire At 1 p.m. on Election Day, unless a different time, no earlier than two hours after the opening of the polls, is posted and announced. After the polls close on Election Day. New Jersey Signature verification conducted upon receipt. The inner envelopes cannot be opened until Election Day. On Election Day. New Mexico Any time after mailed ballots have been sent until the fifth day before the election, the county clerk may convene an election board to verify returned mail ballots. If more than 10,000 absentee ballots are sent, they may be opened and inserted into an electronic voting machine two weeks before Election Day. If fewer than 10,000 absentee ballots are sent, they may be opened and inserted into an electronic voting machine five days before the election. Absentee ballots are inserted into vote-counting machines before Election Day, but votes are not counted until after the polls close. It is unlawful for a person to disclose the results of a count prior to the close of the polls or the deadline for receiving mailed ballots. New York Verification within four days of receipt. Ballots are placed in counting machines and scanned the day before the first day of early voting. One hour before the polls close on Election Day, but results cannot be released until the close of polls on Election Day. North Carolina At county board of elections meetings, beginning the fifth Tuesday before Election Day. Counties using optical scan devices may remove ballots from their envelopes and place them in tabulators. 5 p.m. on Election Day, unless a resolution is adopted at least two weeks before the election to allow counting for all absentee ballots to begin at 2 p.m. on Election Day. Results shall not be announced before 7:30 p.m. on Election Day. North Dakota Three business days before Election Day. After the polls close on Election Day. Ohio Processing, including using automatic tabulating equipment to scan ballots, may begin before the time for counting ballots at a time determined by the board of elections. Exact timing not specified. Exact timing not specified, but the count may not be disclosed prior to the close of the polls. Oklahoma 10 a.m. on the Thursday before Election Day, or earlier with approval by the secretary of the state election board. On Election Day or prior to Election Day with approval by the secretary of the state election board. When counting occurs before Election Day, the county election board shall remove the election results storage media from the voting device, without obtaining a printout of results, and seal ballots counted that day in a transfer case secured by the sheriff until the time the board next meets to count. Results cannot be reported earlier than 7 p.m. on Election Day. Oregon Upon receipt. Results may not be made public until after 8 p.m. on Election Day. Pennsylvania 7 a.m. on Election Day. At 7 a.m. on Election Day, but the votes may not be recorded or published until after the polls close. Rhode Island Fourteen days before Election Day. 8 p.m. on Election Day. South Carolina 9 a.m. on Election Day. 9 a.m. on Election Day. Results may not be reported until after the polls close. South Dakota On Election Day prior to the close of the polls. After the polls close on Election Day. Tennessee Signature verification conducted upon receipt. On Election Day after the polls open and no later than four hours before closing for general elections, or two hours before closing for all other elections. Texas No more than 20 days before Election Day. When the polls open on Election Day. In a jurisdiction with more than 100,000 people, counting can begin at the end of the early in-person voting period. Utah Processing may begin before Election Day. Exact timing not specified. Counting may begin before Election Day. Exact timing not specified. Results may not be reported until after the polls close on Election Day. Vermont Ballots may be deposited into the vote tabulator 30 days before Election Day, if the board of civil authority votes to do so. At the close of polls on Election Day. Virginia Upon receipt. At the close of polls on Election Day, but ballots may be inserted into ballot-counting machines prior to the closing of the polls. If absentee ballots are counted by hand, tallying may begin after noon on Election Day. Vote counts may not be reported until after the polls close. Washington Upon receipt. 8 p.m. on Election Day. No person may divulge any results of the count prior to 8 p.m. on Election Day. A violation is a misdemeanor. West Virginia Absentee ballots are delivered to precincts on Election Day. On Election Day. Results may not be disclosed until the polls close and precinct returns are posted on the door of polling places; to do so is a violation of the oath taken by the counting board. Wisconsin After the polls open on Election Day. After the polls open on Election Day. Wyoming The Thursday or Friday preceding Election Day. On Election Day.
Go back and watch the news from November and December of 2020. Skip Fox, if you’d like to. It was discussed at length on reputable news outlets.
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Post by johnnybandit on Aug 18, 2024 17:37:25 GMT -5
I watched what happened in 2020.... The only fiasco was the fiasco created by the trump camp.
In your opinion, sure. There were plenty of things that happened that didn’t reflect well on the election process that was being followed. Well that is your opinion....
Things may well be slower this year if voter turnout is high and it is going to be.....
In 2022 there was a shortage of poll workers and the same thing is expected in 2024
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Post by cadman on Aug 18, 2024 17:38:07 GMT -5
Mail in votes need to be counted and registered IMMEDIATELY
They are counted on election day. Like all the other votes (except I suppose that early voting are tabulated but not disclosed in the machines as they come in)
Why do you feel they should be counted immediately?
Florida starts counting mail in ballots before election day as soon as the voting machine testing is completed. They are processed as soon as they are received to make them ready for counting. No results can be released before close of polls. All mail in ballots must be received by the end of election day. Some states have rules where ballots can not be processed until election day and counting can not start until polls close. This makes the process take longer in close races where a lot of mail in votes are received. A few states even allow mail in ballots to be received and counted up to a week after election day which means, in close elections even longer periods before the results are known. Every state should require ballots be received by close of polls on election day and none counted after that day. States should also allow ballots to be processed before election day even if they are not counted until election day. It would require poll observers to be present earlier to witness the processing. but that should not be an issue for either party. Then, at a minimum start counting ballots as soon as polls open and not wait until polls close.
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Post by biminitwisted on Aug 18, 2024 17:40:27 GMT -5
Didn't somebody already make a movie about this? Tijuana Mule Show or something like that.
Then again, I don't think they're sending their best.
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Post by cadman on Aug 18, 2024 17:42:27 GMT -5
Mail in votes need to be counted and registered IMMEDIATELY You can't start counting until the machine testing is complete. There is also the issue of poll watchers from each party being present to verify the process. Counting on election day is not a huge issue as long as the processing procedures are followed. Florida does a great job and you can verify every step of the process. Other states should just follow Florida's lead in this matter.
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Post by johnnybandit on Aug 18, 2024 17:43:35 GMT -5
How about some documentation on that......
Here are the state by state regulations on mail in ballots.... There is no state that waits weeks or even days to count mail in ballots.... In some states the mail in ballots are not counted on election day until all in person ballots are counted.... If in person voting is high, that could push counting the mail in ballots off a day or two. But if voter turn out is high, as it was on 2020, some states and some voting precincts may not finish counting in person votes on election day....
But there is no state where it is allowed to wait to count mail in ballots.
Alabama 7 a.m. on Election Day. After the polls close on Election Day. Alaska Seven days before Election Day. 8 p.m. on Election Day. Arizona Upon receipt. Tallying can begin immediately after processing, but results may not be released before all precincts have reported or one hour after the close of polls on Election Day. Releasing information earlier is a felony. Arkansas Seven days before Election Day. 8:30 a.m. on Election Day, but results are not reported until after the polls close on Election Day. California Twenty-nine days before Election Day. A vote count can be accessed or released at 8 p.m. on Election Day. Colorado Upon receipt. Fifteen days before Election Day, but the count cannot be released until after 7 p.m. on Election Day. Connecticut At the discretion of the local registrar of voters. At the discretion of the local registrar of voters. Delaware Friday before Election Day. Friday before Election Day, but the count cannot be extracted or reported until polls close on Election Day. District of Columbia Signatures can be verified and the secrecy envelope removed prior to tabulation. Exact timing not specified. After the polls close on Election Day. Florida Upon receipt. Upon the completion of the public testing of automatic tabulating equipment (which begins not more than 25 days before early voting commences). Releasing the results early is a felony. Georgia Signature verification conducted upon receipt, and further processing can begin at 8 a.m. on the third Monday before Election Day. 7 a.m. on Election Day. Hawaii Signature verification conducted upon receipt, and further processing can begin eighteen days before Election Day. Eighteen days before Election Day, but results cannot be disclosed until after the polls close on Election Day. Idaho Signature verification conducted upon receipt. Ballots are not opened until they are delivered to the polls or central location for counting. After the polls close on Election Day. Illinois Signature verification must begin within two days of receipt. After the polls close on Election Day. Indiana Upon receipt. Depending upon the county, 6 a.m. on Election Day or immediately after the electronic poll books used at each polling place or vote center have been updated to indicate the county received the absentee ballot. Iowa The day before Election Day if directed by the commissioner to do so. On Election Day, at a time set by the election commissioner to allow a reasonable amount of time to complete the count of absentee ballots by 10 p.m. on Election Day. The commissioner may also choose to convene the board the day before the election. Kansas Prior to Election Day. Exact timing not specified. Ballots may be counted prior to Election Day, but final tabulation shall not be completed until Election Day. Kentucky May begin 14 days before Election Day and must start by 8 a.m. on Election Day. Counting begins after all absentee ballots have been processed. Louisiana Parishes with more than 1,000 absentee ballots may begin three days before Election Day with written approval of the secretary of state, or one day before Election Day without. Parishes with fewer than 1,000 absentee ballots may begin prior to the close of polls on Election Day. Counting may begin before the polls close on Election Day, but no later than 8 p.m. on Election Day. Maine Seven days before Election Day if notice of processing times is posted at least 30 days before the election. After the polls close on Election Day. Maryland October 1, 2022[2] October 1, 2022[2] Massachusetts Upon receipt. On Election Day and no later than an hour after the polls close. Michigan Two days before election day.[3] At 7 a.m. on Election Day. Anyone with access to absentee ballot counting must sign an oath that information related to processing and tallying will not be communicated in any way until after the polls close. Minnesota Verification upon receipt. After the close of business on the seventh day before the election, verified ballots can be opened and deposited in a ballot box. After the polls close on Election Day. Mississippi On Election Day when polls open. After the polls close on Election Day. Missouri Five days before Election Day. On Election Day. Montana Signature verification conducted upon receipt. Three business days before Election Day, election officials may open the secrecy envelope and place the ballot in a secured ballot box until tabulation occurs. One day before Election Day, if using a vote-counting machine. Tabulation using a manual count may not begin until Election Day. Access to an electronic system containing early tabulation results is limited to the election administrator and the election administrator’s designee. Nebraska Verification can begin the second Friday before Election Day. If approved, the envelope can be opened, the ballot unfolded and flattened and placed in a sealed container. Twenty-four hours before the opening of the polls. No results shall be released until after polls close on Election Day. Nevada Signature verification conducted upon receipt. Fifteen days before Election Day, and counting must be completed by the seventh day after the election. Results may not be reported until the close of the polls. New Hampshire At 1 p.m. on Election Day, unless a different time, no earlier than two hours after the opening of the polls, is posted and announced. After the polls close on Election Day. New Jersey Signature verification conducted upon receipt. The inner envelopes cannot be opened until Election Day. On Election Day. New Mexico Any time after mailed ballots have been sent until the fifth day before the election, the county clerk may convene an election board to verify returned mail ballots. If more than 10,000 absentee ballots are sent, they may be opened and inserted into an electronic voting machine two weeks before Election Day. If fewer than 10,000 absentee ballots are sent, they may be opened and inserted into an electronic voting machine five days before the election. Absentee ballots are inserted into vote-counting machines before Election Day, but votes are not counted until after the polls close. It is unlawful for a person to disclose the results of a count prior to the close of the polls or the deadline for receiving mailed ballots. New York Verification within four days of receipt. Ballots are placed in counting machines and scanned the day before the first day of early voting. One hour before the polls close on Election Day, but results cannot be released until the close of polls on Election Day. North Carolina At county board of elections meetings, beginning the fifth Tuesday before Election Day. Counties using optical scan devices may remove ballots from their envelopes and place them in tabulators. 5 p.m. on Election Day, unless a resolution is adopted at least two weeks before the election to allow counting for all absentee ballots to begin at 2 p.m. on Election Day. Results shall not be announced before 7:30 p.m. on Election Day. North Dakota Three business days before Election Day. After the polls close on Election Day. Ohio Processing, including using automatic tabulating equipment to scan ballots, may begin before the time for counting ballots at a time determined by the board of elections. Exact timing not specified. Exact timing not specified, but the count may not be disclosed prior to the close of the polls. Oklahoma 10 a.m. on the Thursday before Election Day, or earlier with approval by the secretary of the state election board. On Election Day or prior to Election Day with approval by the secretary of the state election board. When counting occurs before Election Day, the county election board shall remove the election results storage media from the voting device, without obtaining a printout of results, and seal ballots counted that day in a transfer case secured by the sheriff until the time the board next meets to count. Results cannot be reported earlier than 7 p.m. on Election Day. Oregon Upon receipt. Results may not be made public until after 8 p.m. on Election Day. Pennsylvania 7 a.m. on Election Day. At 7 a.m. on Election Day, but the votes may not be recorded or published until after the polls close. Rhode Island Fourteen days before Election Day. 8 p.m. on Election Day. South Carolina 9 a.m. on Election Day. 9 a.m. on Election Day. Results may not be reported until after the polls close. South Dakota On Election Day prior to the close of the polls. After the polls close on Election Day. Tennessee Signature verification conducted upon receipt. On Election Day after the polls open and no later than four hours before closing for general elections, or two hours before closing for all other elections. Texas No more than 20 days before Election Day. When the polls open on Election Day. In a jurisdiction with more than 100,000 people, counting can begin at the end of the early in-person voting period. Utah Processing may begin before Election Day. Exact timing not specified. Counting may begin before Election Day. Exact timing not specified. Results may not be reported until after the polls close on Election Day. Vermont Ballots may be deposited into the vote tabulator 30 days before Election Day, if the board of civil authority votes to do so. At the close of polls on Election Day. Virginia Upon receipt. At the close of polls on Election Day, but ballots may be inserted into ballot-counting machines prior to the closing of the polls. If absentee ballots are counted by hand, tallying may begin after noon on Election Day. Vote counts may not be reported until after the polls close. Washington Upon receipt. 8 p.m. on Election Day. No person may divulge any results of the count prior to 8 p.m. on Election Day. A violation is a misdemeanor. West Virginia Absentee ballots are delivered to precincts on Election Day. On Election Day. Results may not be disclosed until the polls close and precinct returns are posted on the door of polling places; to do so is a violation of the oath taken by the counting board. Wisconsin After the polls open on Election Day. After the polls open on Election Day. Wyoming The Thursday or Friday preceding Election Day. On Election Day.
Go back and watch the news from November and December of 2020. Skip Fox, if you’d like to. It was discussed at length on reputable news outlets. Don't need to... I watched the news in 2020.... Multiple channels at the same time.... Around elections I run several channels at the same time.... And in 2020 I started working from home. So I had multiple channels running pretty much around the clock. I am kind of a political junkie. Especially when it comes to elections.
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Post by johnnybandit on Aug 18, 2024 17:44:34 GMT -5
They are counted on election day. Like all the other votes (except I suppose that early voting are tabulated but not disclosed in the machines as they come in)
Why do you feel they should be counted immediately?
Florida starts counting mail in ballots before election day as soon as the voting machine testing is completed. They are processed as soon as they are received to make them ready for counting. No results can be released before close of polls. All mail in ballots must be received by the end of election day. Some states have rules where ballots can not be processed until election day and counting can not start until polls close. This makes the process take longer in close races where a lot of mail in votes are received. A few states even allow mail in ballots to be received and counted up to a week after election day which means, in close elections even longer periods before the results are known. Every state should require ballots be received by close of polls on election day and none counted after that day. States should also allow ballots to be processed before election day even if they are not counted until election day. It would require poll observers to be present earlier to witness the processing. but that should not be an issue for either party. Then, at a minimum start counting ballots as soon as polls open and not wait until polls close. Yes... I corrected myself a few posts up.
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Post by illinoisfisherman on Aug 18, 2024 21:45:29 GMT -5
They are counted on election day. Like all the other votes (except I suppose that early voting are tabulated but not disclosed in the machines as they come in)
Why do you feel they should be counted immediately?
Florida starts counting mail in ballots before election day as soon as the voting machine testing is completed. They are processed as soon as they are received to make them ready for counting. No results can be released before close of polls. All mail in ballots must be received by the end of election day. Some states have rules where ballots can not be processed until election day and counting can not start until polls close. This makes the process take longer in close races where a lot of mail in votes are received. A few states even allow mail in ballots to be received and counted up to a week after election day which means, in close elections even longer periods before the results are known. Every state should require ballots be received by close of polls on election day and none counted after that day. States should also allow ballots to be processed before election day even if they are not counted until election day. It would require poll observers to be present earlier to witness the processing. but that should not be an issue for either party. Then, at a minimum start counting ballots as soon as polls open and not wait until polls close. Wow. We agree on something
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