We can hope.I'm more of the opinion the VA result spurs desire to button up and pass the BIF and BBB. They also need to pass a budget and raise the debt ceiling before Dec 3. I doubt there is a lot of desire be seen publicly screwing around some more.
Apparently the election truthers are coming out again for Bergen County in NJ because they can't accept losing.
Apparently Bergen reported being 100% counted last night without counting any of their mail in ballots, which had the Republican candidate winning. Now that they are reporting the mail in ballots he's losing - their response? It's more likely that Democrats cheated than to think that a county as large as Bergen had zero mail in ballots.
Minor note: 0.2% (2 per 1000 population), not 2%, is a commonly quoted police officer ratio, FBI uniform crime reporting data showed about 2.5 per 1000 as overall US average. Although D.C., Chicago, and New York are some examples far above that (operating at 4 to 6 per 1000)wow.. Prop A was to boost police #s to 2% of city population.
thought 2% was the regular standard in urban US cities?!
It was literally accepted for all of the history of mail in ballots until 2020.Mail in ballots arriving or counting late and changing the election results - is never going to be accepted.
People believe there is a lack of chain of custody. That such ballots can simply be forged and added to the pile.
Whether it is true or not, that is how it is viewed by many Republicans.
Funny how prior to 2020 the had no issue with mail ins, when they heavily skewed in their favor.Mail in ballots arriving or counting late and changing the election results - is never going to be accepted.
People believe there is a lack of chain of custody. That such ballots can simply be forged and added to the pile.
Whether it is true or not, that is how it is viewed by many Republicans.
Mail in ballots arriving or counting late and changing the election results - is never going to be accepted.
People believe there is a lack of chain of custody. That such ballots can simply be forged and added to the pile.
Whether it is true or not, that is how it is viewed by many Republicans.
I will say McAuliffe sucked as a candidate. I listened to him on Pod Save America, and even when they were trying to redirect him all he could do was attack Trump. I would've still voted for him because I don't trust any republican right now, but nothing in that interview made me want to vote for him.
Running against Trump was a flawed strategy.
Allowing ballots to be received after election day I still think is a terrible idea (for the ~15 states that allow it, majority of states require mail-in ballots to be received by election day). New Jersey Governor race is close enough that ballots not yet received, by the dozens of various locations, could swing the result as NJ allows 6 days for ballots to still arrive.It was literally accepted for all of the history of mail in ballots until 2020.
I understand that some people believe that but that's because Republicans have deliberately lied to them to excuse their loss of elections. The idea that we are going to disenfranchise voters because of liars is not and will never be acceptable.
Lol, within 7k votes, and not all the ballots have even been received yet, much less counted.
I see no plausibe path for them to swing the vote, as I said earlier it was almost certain Murphy was going to win and now it seems beyond reach for Republicans.Allowing ballots to be received after election day I still think is a terrible idea (for the ~15 states that allow it, majority of states require mail-in ballots to be received by election day). New Jersey Governor race is close enough that ballots not yet received, by the dozens of various locations, could swing the result as NJ allows 6 days for ballots to still arrive.
Also, jurisdictions not having good processes to count mail-in ballots in as timely a manner as the election day ballots certainly doesn't help.
Also, jurisdictions not having good processes to count mail-in ballots in as timely a manner as the election day ballots certainly doesn't help.
Why? If the mail fucks up, your vote doesn't count through no fault of your own.Allowing ballots to be received after election day I still think is a terrible idea (for the ~15 states that allow it, majority of states require mail-in ballots to be received by election day). New Jersey Governor race is close enough that ballots not yet received, by the dozens of various locations, could swing the result as NJ allows 6 days for ballots to still arrive.
Also, jurisdictions not having good processes to count mail-in ballots in as timely a manner as the election day ballots certainly doesn't help.
That doesn't really matter though because even if Murphy was currently losing the vote the correct call would be that he will win because it's all about where the votes remaining to be counted are, and they are very friendly to him.Lol, within 7k votes, and not all the ballots have even been received yet, much less counted.
Lol, within 7k votes, and not all the ballots have even been received yet, much less counted.
Funny how prior to 2020 the had no issue with mail ins, when they heavily skewed in their favor.
I understand that some people believe that but that's because Republicans have deliberately lied to them to excuse their loss of elections. The idea that we are going to disenfranchise voters because of liars is not and will never be acceptable.
Of course it is... but they fought it and won... see that's why all they are doing is important. They defeated the obvious fraud like it should have been...So yesterday Republicans were claiming Virginia was rigged and fraudulent. Is that still true?
They should be allowed to precount ballots to speed the process, but ballots should be accepted if postmarked/mailed by election day.Allowing ballots to be received after election day I still think is a terrible idea (for the ~15 states that allow it, majority of states require mail-in ballots to be received by election day). New Jersey Governor race is close enough that ballots not yet received, by the dozens of various locations, could swing the result as NJ allows 6 days for ballots to still arrive.
Also, jurisdictions not having good processes to count mail-in ballots in as timely a manner as the election day ballots certainly doesn't help.
The answer is to fight the lies, not give into the liars, as they are the ones breeding unrest.Not the first Republican campaign that "will never be acceptable", but it may be the one with the highest stakes. If people refuse to accept election results, we are breeding unrest.
where is the rage +1 reaction when you need it?All Democrats in Congress except for two are fighting for what they campaigned on. All republicans are blocking it. Why would you vote for the party blocking everything if you want something done?
Americans fundamentally don't understand how Congress works, see it as nothing but dysfunctional and then vote for the party promising dysfunction.
Why I am against allowing ballots received after election day? (which is only allowed in ~15 states, others all disallow late ballots)Why? If the mail fucks up, your vote doesn't count through no fault of your own.
Mind you, Republicans love demonizing and gutting the postal service. Yet another avenue to disenfranchise voters
Postmarked by election day should be just as valid as any other vote.