I have such a problem with this. Even if it doesn’t change the vote, ALL votes should be counted before a formal declaration is made.
“count all the votes”
that’s the mantra.
I agree.
Absentee ballots weren’t counted in many states.
That’s why I say that Al Gore’s claim of a 0.52% margin of victory in the 2000 popular vote is something that we will never know for certain.
3,000 Bush votes were approved by the Florida supreme court but not included in the certified tally (Katherine Harris held to her original tally which was sufficient for Bush to win).
Certified tallies don’t mean “all votes counted”. Really makes it hard to discern voter trends when every contested ballot is counted in some races and some blowouts stop counting when the lead is sufficient to eliminate any possible “flip” of the win.
More people apparently voted for the republican incumbent Lt. Gov than Perry as governor. I can understand this but it may not reflect ALL ballots tallied.