A lot of people wish their states had mail in ballots for voting. (I’m holding out for voting by phone myself.) See, the thing with mail in ballots is that there is no instant gratification. I was talking to friends on the West Coast on Election Day, and when I asked them what they were doing, they were filling out their ballots. Quite excitedly filling out their ballots. I gave an inward groan, knowing it would be days before those ballots were counted.
Which is what is happening in California and many other states; they are counting ballots. COME ON, my impatient self says!
From the website of the Secretary of State of California: vote.sos.ca.gov/...;
Will the unofficial election results change after Election Night? When will all of the election results be final?
Yes, election results will change throughout the canvass period as vote-by-mail ballots, provisional ballots, and other ballots are processed. Depending on the volume of these types of ballots, it may take up to 30 days (28 days for presidential electors and 30 days for all other contests) for county elections officials to verify voter records and determine if ballots have been cast by eligible voters. The frequency of updated results will vary based on the size of each county and the process each county elections office uses to tally and report votes.
30 days? December 8th? Holy shit! I can’t wait that long! That’s 210 days in dogs time.
Oh, so this may be slowing the ballot counting down a bit.
Again from the website of the SOS of CA: vote.sos.ca.gov/...;
What qualifies as "a close contest" for purposes of the Secretary of State’s election results website?
For people interested in watching contests with particularly tight margins, the Secretary of State website includes a "close contest" feature. As election results come in, this page will list all contests in which there is less than a two percent difference between first and second place for candidates or between "yes" and "no" votes for ballot measures. Election results will change throughout the 30-day canvass period (28 days for presidential electors and 30 days for all other contests) as vote-by-mail ballots, provisional ballots, and other ballots are tallied.
Doug Applegate is in one of those tight races. As of last night he had 49.1% of the vote. Issa had 50.9%. Of actual votes counted Applegate is behind by less than 4,000.
Here is a really crazy part:
On Election Night: Why do some contests show a high percentage of precincts reporting, yet the number of votes continues to change?
Some counties will show an entire precinct as having reported even if only one ballot from that precinct has been counted. This is why the website specifically notes the data is from precincts "partially reporting." vote.sos.ca.gov/...;
Even the dogs think that’s crazy! They know how to count. Put 3 biscuits in your pocket and only give them two. The know all the biscuits, er, votes, aren’t in!
Our candidate, Doug Applegate, is less than 4,000 votes short of winning, but in the counties he will be representing Orange County has 410,480 unprocessed ballots. And if I’m reading this right, ALL of San Diego is “pending submission”. Unprocessed ballot report here.
Doug Applegate is a supporter of 90for90 and it seems like supporters of Dr. Reid Sr. don’t give up easily, he sure didn’t. Doug may need help with legal fees and stuff that comes up in the campaign office. He’s not giving up, let’s make sure we don’t either.
Obama called him a “true patriot”. Yep.
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