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To: NonValueAdded

My personal opinion is that uncounted military ballots will ensure those states go to DJT.


As I understand it, absentee ballots in most states are NOT COUNTED if it wouldn’t make a difference in the outcome.

Also, most absentee ballots are Republican — 2/3rds to 3/4ths (many are military voters). The millions uncounted would likely have given the popular vote to Trump.


23 posted on 11/14/2016 8:48:21 AM PST by boycott (S)
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To: boycott
As I understand it, absentee ballots in most states are NOT COUNTED if it wouldn’t make a difference in the outcome.

That is incorrect. There are two very important reasons that all ballots are counted. 1) down ballot races 2) parties (Libertarian, e.g.) wanting to have candidates on the ballot in subsequent years must have a good enough showing in the current election.

A state can be declared for a candidate without all ballots being counted if the number of absentee ballots remaining to be counted could not reverse the outcome. But eventually, they will all be counted.

47 posted on 11/14/2016 9:34:37 AM PST by randita (PLEASE STOP ALL THE WORTHLESS VANITIES!)
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To: boycott

“As I understand it, absentee ballots in most states are NOT COUNTED if it wouldn’t make a difference in the outcome.”

I keep seeing that nonsensical “fact” repeated on FR over and over again. Even on the face of it, it makes zero sense. Most states have MULTIPLE OTHER issues besides President on the ballot, races such as Senator and Congressmen and multiple state-wide initiatives. These other races don’t run in lockstep with the Presidential race: some are winning and some are losing. So ALL the votes have to be counted to determine the result of all the OTHER races in the state besides President.


59 posted on 11/14/2016 10:00:01 AM PST by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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