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Macdoc · **#121** by **Macdoc** » Nov 08, 2016 5:33 am

Hillary surges ahead .... :roll:

Hillary Clinton beats Donald Trump 4-2 in Dixville Notch, N.H., midnight voting
USA TODAY‎ - 7 mins ago

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/poli ... /93455396/

Acetone · **#122** by **Acetone** » Nov 08, 2016 6:29 am

I don't get the eye roll.

Do you think votes from rural communities with low populations are not as important other areas?

Agi Hammerthief · **#123** by **Agi Hammerthief** » Nov 08, 2016 7:41 am

counting out votes before the last polling station has closed would be grounds to contest the election in this country.

Acetone · **#124** by **Acetone** » Nov 08, 2016 7:57 am

Agi Hammerthief wrote:counting out votes before the last polling station has closed would be grounds to contest the election in this country.

That's nice.

aban57 · **#125** by **aban57** » Nov 08, 2016 8:45 am

Acetone wrote:
Agi Hammerthief wrote:counting out votes before the last polling station has closed would be grounds to contest the election in this country.

That's nice.

In France, in addition to that, polls are forbidden for 2 weeks before the election.

Macdoc · **#126** by **Macdoc** » Nov 08, 2016 1:17 pm

I don't get the eye roll.

Do you think votes from rural communities with low populations are not as important other areas?

Is your irony meter broken for FFS???

....

Imp · **#127** by **Imp** » Nov 08, 2016 1:48 pm

Acetone wrote:I don't get the eye roll.

Do you think votes from rural communities with low populations are not as important other areas?

Are you seriously suggesting 8 votes from a population of 300 million is indicative of anything? That's a sample size so small even psychologists would be aghast!

felltoearth · **#128** by **felltoearth** » Nov 08, 2016 2:21 pm

Agi Hammerthief wrote:counting out votes before the last polling station has closed would be grounds to contest the election in this country.

When you have a country made up of six time zones it's kinda hard not to.

ScholasticSpastic · **#129** by **ScholasticSpastic** » Nov 08, 2016 2:44 pm

felltoearth wrote:
Agi Hammerthief wrote:counting out votes before the last polling station has closed would be grounds to contest the election in this country.

When you have a country made up of six time zones it's kinda hard not to.

Willie71 · **#130** by **Willie71** » Nov 08, 2016 2:47 pm

felltoearth wrote:
Agi Hammerthief wrote:counting out votes before the last polling station has closed would be grounds to contest the election in this country.

When you have a country made up of six time zones it's kinda hard not to.

Counting is one thing, but announcing the results early has a known effect on voter turnout.

laklak · **#131** by **laklak** » Nov 08, 2016 2:54 pm

Tends to limit turnout in the Western states.

ScholasticSpastic · **#132** by **ScholasticSpastic** » Nov 08, 2016 2:57 pm

We'll see. Record registration here in Utah, with most of us having already voted by mail. I cast my vote over a week ago. We're also expecting record turnout at our physical polling places. You can get Wester than Utah, but I'm pretty sure the blue States have good reason to get out the vote this year.

Shrunk · **#133** by **Shrunk** » Nov 08, 2016 3:20 pm

ScholasticSpastic wrote:We'll see. Record registration here in Utah, with most of us having already voted by mail.

Literally "most"?

Agi Hammerthief · **#134** by **Agi Hammerthief** » Nov 08, 2016 3:29 pm

felltoearth wrote:
Agi Hammerthief wrote:counting out votes before the last polling station has closed would be grounds to contest the election in this country.

When you have a country made up of six time zones it's kinda hard not to.

it's just six hours and they could at least wait till all the polling stations in that state are closed.

Willie71 · **#135** by **Willie71** » Nov 08, 2016 3:34 pm

I'm hoping voter suppression/election fraud doesn't tip this election.

I've been following Greg Palast for a few years now, and unfortunately many still see this as conspiracy theory.

felltoearth · **#136** by **felltoearth** » Nov 08, 2016 3:44 pm

Agi Hammerthief wrote:
felltoearth wrote:
Agi Hammerthief wrote:counting out votes before the last polling station has closed would be grounds to contest the election in this country.

When you have a country made up of six time zones it's kinda hard not to.

it's just six hours and they could at least wait till all the polling stations in that state are closed.

Yeah, they should just set the alarm for 2am.

ScholasticSpastic · **#137** by **ScholasticSpastic** » Nov 08, 2016 3:47 pm

Shrunk wrote:
ScholasticSpastic wrote:We'll see. Record registration here in Utah, with most of us having already voted by mail.

Literally "most"?

I can't support that claim. But that was the expectation. Let's just make that another item on our "we'll see" list. :shifty:

ScholasticSpastic · **#138** by **ScholasticSpastic** » Nov 08, 2016 3:53 pm

Salt Lake Tribune wrote:In Utah, more than 534,500 people had already cast their ballots as of Monday morning, and at least that many are expected to do so Tuesday. It could be a crush that overwhelms the voting system, which had counted on more ballots being mailed in by now.

http://www.sltrib.com/home/4556123-155/ ... -their-say
(my underscore)

My claim was false.

Sendraks · **#139** by **Sendraks** » Nov 08, 2016 3:58 pm

Well if they expectation is for a million people to have mailed in on Tuesday, that's still a respectable 3rd of the UTAH population. Utah's turnout in 2012 was 56% of the population so, going by what the SLT has said, more than half the population who voted in 2012 will have voted by mail today.

Which seems like a reasonable basis to say "most."

ScholasticSpastic · **#140** by **ScholasticSpastic** » Nov 08, 2016 4:10 pm

Sendraks wrote:Well if they expectation is for a million people to have mailed in on Tuesday, that's still a respectable 3rd of the UTAH population. Utah's turnout in 2012 was 56% of the population so, going by what the SLT has said, more than half the population who voted in 2012 will have voted by mail today.

Which seems like a reasonable basis to say "most."

I parse the article as treating mail-in voters and people voting on Tuesday as distinct categories, making me wrong. But I appreciate your effort to make me right. :cheers:

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