Opinion | What election night 2024 might look like — and why you’ll need to be patient

By Free Republic | Created at 2024-09-22 01:25:13 | Updated at 2024-09-30 05:22:09 1 week ago

Opinion | What election night 2024 might look like — and why you’ll need to be patient
The Washington Post ^ | September 20, 2024 at 7:00 a.m. EDT | Editorial Board

Posted on 09/21/2024 6:14:04 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

In 2020, the United States did not have election night so much as election week. Factors including a slow count of mail-in ballots in Pennsylvania delayed declaring Joe Biden the winner until the Saturday after Election Day, giving then-President Donald Trump time to allege fraud — allegations that resulted in the Jan. 6, 2021, effort to overturn the results.

This year, some — but only some — of the thousands of people responsible for administering U.S. elections have learned the lessons of four years ago. Americans should prepare themselves for another difficult post-election period — even if it is unlikely to be as chaotic as 2020.

The U.S. Postal Service appears to be taking seriously concerns about mail reliability expressed last week by the National Association of Secretaries of State. The nonpartisan group warned that “lost or delayed election mail” risks disenfranchising voters. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy replied that training has been improved to expedite delivery of election-related material, and that in 2020 nearly 98 percent of ballots were returned to election officials within three days. All the same, voters should return ballots early — with plenty of time to spare — and give extra attention to every requirement. Many states allow voters to “cure” ballots missing critical information within a certain period of time.

Even if USPS excels, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin prohibit the counting of mail-in ballots until Election Day, no matter when they arrive. This slowed down the count in 2020. Divided governments in both states failed to fix this quirk in how they count. Arizona and Nevada have often taken multiple days to fully count, too. Elections officials say they’ve hired more workers to process ballots, but it will probably still take longer to tally...

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Nuke mail-in ballots from space. It's the only way to be sure.

To: E. Pluribus Unum

2 posted on 09/21/2024 6:14:33 PM PDT by xoxox

To: E. Pluribus Unum

Be patient ... while they find some more ballots.

3 posted on 09/21/2024 6:16:22 PM PDT by Jane Long (The role of the GOP: to write sharply-worded letters as America becomes a communist hell-hole.)

To: E. Pluribus Unum

4 posted on 09/21/2024 6:16:32 PM PDT by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)

To: E. Pluribus Unum

Setting the stage for The Steal Part Two.

5 posted on 09/21/2024 6:18:19 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)

To: Jane Long

Deep Red counties should also be slow in counting too
To prevent the Dems from knowing how many ballot they need to “process”

6 posted on 09/21/2024 6:18:27 PM PDT by janetjanet998 (Legacy media including youtube are the enemy of the people and must die)

To: E. Pluribus Unum

I was born on election day in 1960. The morning after I was born, everyone knew that JFK had won. I guess the computers in 1960 were faster than they are today. Nowadays it takes days and days of counting in order to find out how many votes have to be manufactured on Weds and Thursday.

7 posted on 09/21/2024 6:18:45 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (My decisions about people are based almost entirely on skin color. I learned this from Democrats.)

To: Jane Long

They will “find” “fabricate” “create” as many ballots as needed to win.

Voter Fraud will be working overtime.

8 posted on 09/21/2024 6:18:55 PM PDT by OHPatriot (Si vis pacem, para bellum)

To: ClearCase_guy

The population tripled since then.

9 posted on 09/21/2024 6:24:23 PM PDT by napscoordinator (DeSantis is a beast! Florida is the freest state in the country! )

To: OHPatriot

We’ve had 4 years to deal with it. If it’s not fixed I’d blame republicans.

10 posted on 09/21/2024 6:24:36 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET

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