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Don't expect results on election night, Arizona's top election official warns
Tucson.com ^ | Oct 22, 2020 | Howard Fischer

Posted on 10/31/2020 10:42:27 AM PDT by originalbuckeye

If you think you’ll go to bed on election night knowing who won, Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs has a bit of advice.

Think again.

Hobbs is trying to tamp down expectations of instant results — or even final tallies within a day or two.

In a press briefing Wednesday, she detailed all the steps that must happen after the polls close at 7 p.m. on Nov. 3, even though the process of balloting and counting is automated.

Those include not just the regular tabulation process at each precinct, but also handling what could be a flood of early ballots that were not mailed in but were dropped off at polling stations. They cannot be counted until after the regular voting-day results are in.

Then there’s the fact that state law gives anyone whose early ballot signature does not match what’s on file up to five business days after the election — or until Nov. 10 this year — to come in and fix it. A similar deadline exists for voters who are handed “provisional” ballots because of some missing information or questions about their voting status

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I so apologize for linking to Google, but I tried and tried to find a different link and just couldn’t. The AZ SOS won’t be letting us know who won in AZ on Election night. You know, have to count all those ballots from all those questionable voters. Every voter who is entitled to vote should be counted. But with all the ballot harvesting, which is not legal here but did happen 2 years ago, who can tell if the votes are allowed? Never mind. Dem Katie Hobbs is on it! Counting all those ballots that were dropped off at polling stations that haven’t been counted yet. I sure hope we have some poll watchers there to keep these Dems (who are totally in control of the Maricopa County ballots) HONEST. And this IS from October 22, but I have only just read it and felt it important to share.
1 posted on 10/31/2020 10:42:27 AM PDT by originalbuckeye
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To: originalbuckeye

It could take several days to find ballots for Biden in trunks of cars and churches.


2 posted on 10/31/2020 10:44:04 AM PDT by RightWingNutJob69
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To: originalbuckeye

Is Hobbs another Soros acolyte?


3 posted on 10/31/2020 10:47:13 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Hope is not a plan. -- Matthew Bracken)
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To: originalbuckeye

I heard that Pennsylvania also is counting ballots for days after election day.

And I’ve heard of pressures being placed on news networks not to call states on election night as ballot counting continues. In the past they have called states based on sample precincts and trends in early returns. But if pressured not to do that, we could see a largely blank map at midnight on election night.


4 posted on 10/31/2020 10:48:04 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: originalbuckeye
O.K., we keep getting warnings like this from various state officials around the country. But what is to stop "Mainstream" Media outlets from making their own proclamations about which candidate won a race?

The Social Media companies are talking about blocking early declarations of victory by Team Trump. But what if the reverse happens? We know that Demonrats are champions of psychological projection. After all, will the thugs of "Protect the Result" riot if Joe Biden wins on the basis of boxes of ballots mysteriously being found in car trunks one week after Election Day?

5 posted on 10/31/2020 10:48:17 AM PDT by Lysandru (Fnord)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

I believe she is!


6 posted on 10/31/2020 10:52:28 AM PDT by hsmomx3
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To: Dilbert San Diego

It will be the most frustrating election night in history, and the subsequent days and weeks will also produce no declared winner. Most battleground states will simple be labeled TBD (To Be Determined). Even if the president has a substantial lead in these states, Biden and his goons will not concede. And the riots will be intense.

Unbelievable what we’re witnessing in this country. I hope I’m wrong on this.


7 posted on 10/31/2020 10:56:01 AM PDT by Deo volente ("When we see the image of a baby in the womb, we glimpse the majesty of God's creation." Pres. Trump)
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To: originalbuckeye

They need to calculate how many Democrat votes to manufacture.


8 posted on 10/31/2020 10:56:50 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Islam is a totalitarian death cult founded by a child rapist.)
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To: originalbuckeye
After 11:59 PM on Nov. 3, Arizona's top election official should be encouraged to get focused on finalizing election results.
9 posted on 10/31/2020 10:58:58 AM PDT by Carl Vehse
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To: originalbuckeye

I think it’ll be easy enough to know who one the state on election day. Once you see voting trends things become very clear very quickly. Read these boards lately? Everyone can surmise the voting trends in Florida and the voting hasn’t begun. The trend should be cle a r on election night. Trump “didn’t win” Arizona on election night in 2016.


10 posted on 10/31/2020 11:02:45 AM PDT by wiseprince
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To: Deo volente

That is why every vote in every state is important.

We need a big enough blowout that cheating will be a waste of time.


11 posted on 10/31/2020 11:04:04 AM PDT by cgbg (Biden n-2020: Criminal enterprise using cokehead as bagman. Pronounced: Bye Done.)
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To: originalbuckeye
The Left is going to try to pull off its "Red Mirage" fantasy. President Trump will easily win on Tuesday, then The Left will start "finding" (i.e., creating) ballots containing votes for Sleepy Joe hoping to steal the election.
12 posted on 10/31/2020 11:10:14 AM PDT by Repeal 16-17 (Let me know when the Shooting starts.)
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To: originalbuckeye

Note what this really means: not merely that there will not be FINAL results as of election night, but that there will probably be NO results reported at all. Look for the same thing to happen in PA, MI and other critical states which Trump will lose due to fraud.

Because if there were normal election night reporting — even if it’s not 100% final — then once the results ARE final (whenever Democrats decide that is) we would be able to see the difference between the final and the “preliminary” numbers, and that difference is going to contain a LOT of Democrat vote fraud. With no preliminary numbers to compare to, the post-election fraud is easily hidden.

Stealing this election is going to be far easier than taking candy from a baby, unless Republican lawyers (is that an oxymoron?) and GOP officials do everything possible to stop it. You know, like they always have before.


13 posted on 10/31/2020 11:13:07 AM PDT by PermaRag (WANTED: millions of patriotic gun owners who are willing to trade bullets for freedom)
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To: originalbuckeye

It takes time to cheat, if you do it right.


14 posted on 10/31/2020 11:22:33 AM PDT by Brilliant
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To: originalbuckeye

Trump will have the luxury of firing half the FBIs top management, Nov.4, in order find someone who knows how to conduct an honest investigation.

Barr may have to go. He certainly does not know how to conduct an efficient and timely investigation.


15 posted on 10/31/2020 11:22:46 AM PDT by odawg
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To: originalbuckeye

This will be the first Presidential election I can recall where the results for all states was not known on election night.
Results were known in Bush/Gore but then contested.


16 posted on 10/31/2020 11:37:37 AM PDT by beekay
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To: originalbuckeye

With all of the early voting, much of it by mail, why should this year have unusual delays in processing votes? I got my ballot two weeks ago and put it in the collection box at the park-and-ride a week ago. Nobody has an excuse for waiting until the last moment to vote.


17 posted on 10/31/2020 11:53:45 AM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

All votes are null and void after the stroke of 12 midnight on election day. This should be the mantra and the law


18 posted on 10/31/2020 11:58:54 AM PDT by ronnie raygun ( Massive mistakes are made by arrogant fools; massive evils are committed by evil people.")
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To: ronnie raygun

ONLY IF THE SCOTUS CARED ABOUT THE CHEATING!!


19 posted on 10/31/2020 12:15:20 PM PDT by originalbuckeye ('In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act'- George Orwell.)
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To: ronnie raygun; All

Oh, and the Republican Legislature passed a Law that said only a relative could turn in a ballot for someone else. So, no ballot harvesting this year. But wait!

AN OBAMA JUDGE PUT A STAY ON THE LAW!! The Dem cheating here will be over the top.


20 posted on 10/31/2020 12:49:46 PM PDT by originalbuckeye ('In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act'- George Orwell.)
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