Why do you think it takes 5+ days for Nevada and Arizona to count their votes?

[Anonymous]

Nevada population: 3 million '

Arizona population: 7 million

Florida population: 22 million

YET,

Nevada: 5+ days to count

Arizona: 5+ days to count

Florida: 1 night to count

[Anonymous]

So the Democrats can steal the election.

🤷‍♂️

[joeldalton]

Cheating.

[goaded]

I know. You can't trust Florida.

[joeldalton]

@goaded They managed to count all their votes in a day. You know, like non 3rd world dictatorships.

[goaded]

Did they, though?

[joeldalton]

@goaded yes.

[goaded]

As usual, you're wrong. They started counting ballots before election day.

"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. "

[joeldalton]

@goaded Arizona is still counting. Your reply is irrelevant

[goaded]

Not any more. How'd that work out for you? Governor Hobbs has a nice ring to it, don't you think?

Florida counts absentee ballots as they come in, before election day. They're not allowed to publish the ongoing count, but they don't "count all their votes in a day". Bet you a dollar that you never admit you were wrong about that.

Arizona's results come out later because of Arizona law.

[joeldalton]

@goaded Arizona’s law that allows cheating. I don’t live in Arizona, I don’t give a fuck, lol.

[goaded]

You owe me a dollar. (And the laws are a cumbersome and unnecessary, but put in place by a Republican majority state legislature to detect the non-existent cheating.)

Why don't you love mail-in voting any more? Florida Republicans loved it for two decades, now it's suddenly terrible.

[joeldalton]

@goaded IT's not the votes that count, it's who counts the votes, right?

[goaded]

Your reply is irrelevant

[joeldalton]

@goaded Katie Hobbs oversaw an election in which she was a candidate. She was photographed in the counting rooms.

[goaded]

While I think the whole idea of having someone oversee their own election is a bad one, it seems to be common, and since you had no objection to Kemp running his election for Governor of Florida (during which time he took steps of dubious legality to improve his chances), you don't really have a leg to stand on, do you? Double or quits: you won't come up with a single thing Hobbs did that could sway the gubernatorial election (other than demonstrating competence).

"There is no legal requirement for Hobbs to step aside, nor any precedent for doing so.

To recuse herself would depart from the way elections in Arizona have traditionally run, with incumbent secretaries of state regularly certifying their own reelections, though some former officials have supported such an unprecedented move citing the tense political environment."

""I don't see a problem with her being secretary of state and running for governor and recording the votes," former Republican Gov. Jan Brewer said of Hobbs. Brewer certified her own reelection as secretary of state in 2006. She became governor in 2009 when Democrat Janet Napolitano resigned to work in the Obama administration, and in 2010 signed off again on her reelection to the Governor's Office."
eu.usatoday.com/.../

[abc3643]

I am going to rag on you a bit because you are "30-35".

As a legal adult for almost 1/2 of your life, you should be full aware of the concept of "due diligence" which, in simple terms, means being responsible for doing your research about a topic to make an informed decision.

So, instead of asking us (*), you should do your "due diligence" and find out the answer yourself. Furthermore, as part of that, ask yourself if the question is even legitimate: Are the numbers you provided in your question accurate?

(*) To me, I view this question in multiple possible ways:

1. You are trolling (hence, "Anonymous" yet there is no legitimate reason to ask this question anonymously since it has no personal information).

2. You are easily manipulated because you just echo "authorities" who, themselves, may be propagandists or trollers.

3. You are an idiot or intellectually lazy.

I have a feeling it is some combination of all 3.

[abc3643]

To give you an example of due diligence, let's do some for one state: Arizona.

In every state, it is the Department of the State that deals with elections and it is the Secretary of State who ultimately certifies election results. (Certification is the critical word too because that is when the results of an election become final.)

A quick Google search on:

2022 certification of election results Arizona

gives as the second hit:
2922 Election Information
azsos.gov/elections/2022-election-information

In the menu bar up top, you will see About Elections. Click on it and go here:
https://azsos.gov/elections/about-elections

Under the heading Election Procedures, you will see Post-Election Procedures
https://azsos.gov/post-election-procedures

which starts with:
Post-Election Procedures
The information in this section provides background on how ballots are tabulated as well as the additional audit mechanisms in place to ensure the tabulation is accurate.

==========
QED

[Motobrostud]

Arizona and Nevada are states that are not allowed to count votes until the polls close on election night. Where as Florida’s can start counting mail in ballots when they start arriving to the election board from the citizens.
Also in Arizona each mail in ballot has to be checked and the signature has to be compared to the signature on the ballot rolls for the state. Then it is sent off for verification by a bipartisan council. And that is done by hand not computerized. I Maricopa County, prior to Covid there were less than 100,000 mail in ballots. For these past mid terms there were 290,000 mail in ballots. That’s just one county?

Though I don’t particularly believe it should be taking this long, I am slightly biased. Florida is a Republican state and the democrats are in Arizona and Nevada. All the states that are taking their time counting ballots are all democratically run states.

[jshm2]

Because:

Florida: All motherfuckers practically live in one big trailer park

Nevada: Motherfuckers have to fight a day in the desert to get to and from civilisation.

Arizona: Motherfuckers navigate by stars and communicate by smoke signals from the mountain tops.

More seriously. Mail in ballots are why there is a delay. Republicans have yet to figure out how stamps work.

[Jamie05rhs]

Lmfao! But seriously, most people in Nevada live in one of two compact urban areas. Like, over 90% of the population. The people living way out in the desert probably number less than 5,000 in total.

[TroyDT2]

Rules that allow votes that are postmarked by election day to count. Florida, on the other had, has "Once your vote-by-mail ballot is voted, return it by fax or mail to your Supervisor of Elections so that it is received no later than 7:00 pm on Election Day."

[goaded]

Because they have laws that say it should. Simples.

Your signature on you ballot envelope is missing or doesn't match the one on file? Your vote won't be discarded, we'll let you verify it really was your ballot, then count it.

What's wrong with that?

[BCRanger10]

Because the Democrats needed time to "find" more votes 😆

C'mon, gimme some!

[NamerOfStars]

It's even stranger than that: even BRAZIL, a country nearly as large (both in area and population) as the US, has same-day election results. They're also WAY less developed, infrastructure-wise.

[loveslongnails]

The answer to that is easily found by - looking it up! Of course, if you ask a Republican, they'll tell you it's because the Dems need extra time to make up fake ballots once they've counted the vote and realize they lost. LOL

[holdem4884]

Hand counting vs having sanity and automating it with machine counting makes a big difference

[Anonymous]

uh have you seen the school system in nevada? wayyy bottom 50. lmao people are dumb here. hello. please for the love of god stop moving here.

[Anonymous]

Lots of fraud accusations in the US. Being careful respects everyone.

[Anonymous]

So it can be rigged

Real question should be the deescalation of tye Ukrainian situation is suspect be with the mid-terms, something to do with to do with the BCS

[Twalli]

Nevada and Arizona accept ballots after election day as long as they were postmarked on election day. Florida doesn't.

[Surely]

Because some ballots need to be counted twice orrrr three times?

[WhiteBoyChill]

Because the people in charge aren’t fit for the job. At least Georgia got 99% of their shit counted in one day

[Anonymous]

Manipulative policies, poorly designed procedures, incompetent execution.

[Guardian45]

So what are you saying?

[jennifer_bloom]

Maybe low taxes means fewer workers

[Guy13]

Had to throw away lots of ballots.

[KostasKouvalis]

They're cheating

[Guardian45]

They DON'T want to be accused of fraud.

[goaded]

This this this.

[Sparkie460]

It takes a while to get the dead to vote

[NamerOfStars]

Chicago is not in Nevada OR Arizona. Miami is, however, in Florida; that excuse doesn't work.