EPTUS Politics Mega-thread - Page 3821
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Sermokala
United States14220 Posts
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micronesia
United States24813 Posts
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StasisField
United States1086 Posts
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gobbledydook
Australia2605 Posts
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Laurens
Belgium4558 Posts
Either way I expect he is quite mad at the lack of attention. | ||
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JimmiC
Canada22817 Posts
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Slydie
2030 Posts
On November 16 2022 12:08 Sermokala wrote: Well strap yourselves in everyone Trump just announced his campaign for president in 2024. Mccarthy won a leadership election for speaker as well. However, Gaetz has said that Mccarthy does not have 200 votes to become speaker of the house. I can't see a world where he wins, and this election could not have gone much worse for him, he is now irrelevant as a politician, with his party abandoning him. The good news, the "election deniers" might have been opportunists rather than true believers. Now when that narrative did not win them elections, they might just abandon it all together. Unfortunately, his announcement means even more Trump in the media, and he'll say a lot of outrageous things to steal headlines. Bah. | ||
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NewSunshine
United States5938 Posts
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Velr
Switzerland10990 Posts
When we vote in switzerland we usually know the results between 15.00 to 17.00 of the same day. | ||
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Sermokala
United States14220 Posts
On November 17 2022 02:48 Velr wrote: How damn slow are they actually counting. When we vote in switzerland we usually know the results between 15.00 to 17.00 of the same day. Republicans undermine any sort of election reform and insist on counting paper balots in the first counting. They could start counting mail-in ballots beforehand and digitize counting with a paper backup but republicans insist that would cause more fraud. Trump literally said that higher voting levels would hurt republicans. And again states do the elections themselves and then delegate it to the counties to run in most cases. Some states are just bad at it or get bad at it. Most nations do the elections at the federal level and have a unified system for everything below them to do it in the same way. | ||
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Gorsameth
Netherlands22705 Posts
On November 17 2022 02:48 Velr wrote: The actual counting is quick, from what I understand the issue that takes so long is mail-in ballots that were invalid where the voter is given a chance to fix them so they can still be counted.How damn slow are they actually counting. When we vote in switzerland we usually know the results between 15.00 to 17.00 of the same day. | ||
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NewSunshine
United States5938 Posts
On November 17 2022 03:17 Gorsameth wrote: The actual counting is quick, from what I understand the issue that takes so long is mail-in ballots that were invalid where the voter is given a chance to fix them so they can still be counted. Curing ballots that would otherwise be discarded is going to end up being a big factor in whether Boebert is reelected, for instance. | ||
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Simberto
Germany12087 Posts
On November 17 2022 03:17 Gorsameth wrote: The actual counting is quick, from what I understand the issue that takes so long is mail-in ballots that were invalid where the voter is given a chance to fix them so they can still be counted. How does that actually work with elections being secret? Ideally at the point where you notice that the ballot is invalid, you no longer know who sent it. And it is kind of weird imo. Here in Germany, ballots which have not arrived by 18:00 on election day are not counted. But on the other hand, our systems also work, so this is only a problem if you are too stupid to put your ballot in the mail 2 days before. And even then you could still vote on election day. | ||
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JimmiC
Canada22817 Posts
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Gorsameth
Netherlands22705 Posts
On November 17 2022 03:58 Simberto wrote: I have no experience with it, I'm not in the US but what from little I have seen of it mentioned online it is, as mentioned before me, often about signatures. Its about identification prior to opening the actual ballot to prevent fraudulent votes, and not about the actual checkmark on the ballot being wrong, because indeed at that point you should no longer be able to know who the voter is.How does that actually work with elections being secret? Ideally at the point where you notice that the ballot is invalid, you no longer know who sent it. And it is kind of weird imo. Here in Germany, ballots which have not arrived by 18:00 on election day are not counted. But on the other hand, our systems also work, so this is only a problem if you are too stupid to put your ballot in the mail 2 days before. And even then you could still vote on election day. | ||
Liquid`Drone
Norway28929 Posts
First there was this: ![[image loading]](https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/11/dfvfdvd.jpg?quality=80&strip=all&w=864) And today they covered Trump’s presidential bid with a small note on the front page reading 'Florida man makes announcement', before describing him as a retired golfer, mar-a-Lago as a classified documents library, and mocked his eating habits (his cholesterol levels are unknown, but his favorite food is a charred steak with ketchup). Obviously the NY post is still as garbagy of a tabloid as it gets - but them eviscerating Trump is highly amusing. And promising, too - I can't picture Trump winning with murdoch media absolutely killing him, I have a very hard time picturing the Trump cultists - many in number - supporting other candidates if Trump gets this treatment, and I can't picture Trump abandoning ship quietly if he is disgraced by his own. | ||
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GreenHorizons
United States24512 Posts
It's also possible DeSantis believes that, with all things considered, he's better off waiting for 2028 and being the obvious frontrunner instead of a 2024 no holds barred brawl with Trump while Democrats (with varying amounts of reluctancy) rally around Biden. Without DeSantis in the race Trump is hands down the nominee (probably even if he were in jail). | ||
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Mohdoo
United States15743 Posts
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BlackJack
United States10574 Posts
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Mohdoo
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