Posted on 11/05/2012 6:15:41 AM PST by Shery
Can anyone answer this: Are absentee ballots counted as they come in or are the only recorded and then counted altogether on election day?
Just wondering if they showed democrat-requested absentee ballots voting for Romney.
I inquired a couple of election cycles back and was told that they are not counted until after election day ballots are counted and then only if the difference between the candidates is less than the total number of AB’s. But with early voting now so prevelent I don’t know what the procedure is.
There are at least 50 distinct correct answers to your question.
Where I live they are actually sent out to your individual polling place, where they are counted along with that day’s totals from the machines. May be different in other states and counties.
I think our town counts them after polls close and try to include in final count to SOS.
This is completely and utterly false - an urban legend, the source of which I can't ascertain, but I can't believe how prevelent it is.
To my knowledge there is nowhere in the country where absentee ballots are not counted.
Well, it depends. If you cast your ballot in a democrat controlled area and you’re republican, it goes into some union stooge’s trunk for disposal.
If you’re a democrat casting your vote in a democrat or Republican controlled district it gets counted on election day.
(kidding folks)
50 states control the elections. They each do it how they want. Here in Iowa early vote counting begins today. It is open to the public. Nothing has been opened here until today.
yeah, sure. Whatever you say.
Is this “scientific” enough for you?
According to research conducted by MIT and Cal Tech (who ought to know a thing or two about math) 21 percent of requested absentee ballots were never counted in 2008—35.5 million requests for absentee ballots led to 27.9 million mail-in ballots being counted.
As others have said about their locales, in Minnesota, absentee ballots go to their appropriate local precincts, where they are opened & counted along with regular ballots.
It’s what led me to post this:
Republican Voters Check Your Absentee Ballot Status
Me | November 4 2012 | RetSignman
Posted on Sunday, November 04, 2012 11:10:14 AM by RetSignman
Everyone knows how critically important this election is for survival of our Republic.
Everyone SHOULD know that this administration will do anything and everything to remain in control.
With that in mind, I would advise those who have cast absentee ballots...CHECK THE STATUS OF YOUR BALLOTS.
There is still time to be sure your vote has been validated.
Our City Clerk sorts them by polling place, and distributes them to the polling placess on election day. Two election inspectors then present them to the inspectors with the books, they are assigned numbers with an "A" in front, opened, and then fed through the tallying machine, again, with two inspectors - one to feed them through, one to make sure they are fed through and not tampered with.
To my knowledge there is nowhere in the country where absentee ballots are not counted.
People have been saying the same about provisional ballots the past few elections.
The reason absentee & provisional ballots do not get counted is if there is an error, etc on the ballot. Otherwise, they get counted.
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