Or it takes time due to state election laws in certain states like PA where they are not permitted to start processing mail in ballots until election day. In some states they can’t even begin processing them until after all in-person voting is complete. I don’t know the origin of these laws, but it is clearly inefficient. Previous years it was not as much of an issue since there were not nearly as many mail ballots, but this year there are millions, and that takes a long time.
Huh? All states continue counting until all valid ballots are counted, and then the state certifies the count generally several days after election day, in some states weeks. This allows for military and overseas ballots to arrive and be counted, and in states where mail ballots just have to be post-marked by election day, to receive and count them as well.
I think a mix of measures is in order because of the nature of the oil and gas industry and the prime material itself. If let loose indiscriminately, the industry pollutes like they do in countries like Nigeria and Angola (and the coast of the Republic of Texas).
But…to completely regulate without bearing in mind the absolute reality that industry of any kinds depends on oil and gas is creating instability where none should be.
The incentives to alternative sources of energy and materials in industry should be increased. Engineering new ships, new cars, new trains should be given incentives, as well as making sure those projects are realistic and will come to reality, not be a fraud scheme.
Maybe they could outsource the ballot counting to India and ship the ballots there to have them recounted.
This election seems to be a bit of nail biter, Biden is closing in on Pennsylvania and Georgia but Trump is still in with a chance in Arizona, still could go either way.
More efficient doesn’t always mean better. in this case having 50 independent systems make interference more difficult.
The Trump campaign currently has lawsuits against three states. If there was a single federal system it would be easier to shut it down when the votes hit the desired outcome.
Yes, it was rude to ask about political affiliation. It was also rude to ask about religion but invariably in the south once you got on a first name basis they would ask what church you went to. It was not wise to say, “I don’t go to church.” They didn’t look down on you but would politely invite you to their church or try to discuss your soul. This could go on forever in subtle ways. I found telling these nice people I leaned towards the Jewish people usually made my life simpler, the invites and inquiries about my soul practically disappeared. When a cousin found out what I was saying she asked, “But you went to a Baptist church every Sunday until you got to high school. Later you became Episcopal. How can you say such a thing, it’s dishonest.” My rely was, “I wasn’t dishonest! Jesus was a Jew and besides that my religion or lack thereof is nobody’s business. I just didn’t want to be rude to these nice people.”
Now it seems everyone has to be in some kind of category and are afraid to be independent thinkers lest they be ostracized by their coworkers or neighbors.
I’d rather have an open septic tank in my front yard than a political sign of any party. It’d be a proper political statement in my mind.
I pay no attention to those stupid signs. I vote for whoever my favorite celebrity tells me to. When they declare that if their candidate loses, they’re moving to Canada, I pack my bags. Been doing it for years now but fortunately, they’re all lying.
Actually … the PA Democrat party went to court in PA and pressed to get the “state election laws” change BEFORE the election. Total BS IMHO. You only do this (again, right before an election) if you have an ulterior motive (a bad one at that). The court agreed with the political party …wow, imagine that? Can you say systemic political corruption?
So today, literally as I write this, the Supreme Court has put a stop to all this until the Court hears the Trump campaign make their case.
You see, the way our country is suppose to work is, the people we vote for , legislators, make the laws. The courts are suppose to “uphold” them as written. They interpret the laws … NOT write them or CHANGE them from the bench. Which is what the lower court did in favor of the PA Democrat party’s request. We won’t know the outcome until late tomorrow.
Agree about the “independent systems” approach. Even Obama himself tried to play down the “election fraud by Russians” back in 2016, go to YouTube to see his comment on video.
We don’t need any foreign interference in our election process and for others to suggest (the party of COLLUSION allegations!) that Russia was involved is a laughable joke.
We already have election interference and fraud right here in our own home towns. Evidence of this is all over the internet if anyone desires to take the time to look. Poll monitors and watchers are being interviewed by local TV news stations and/or posting videos of events happening since before the election. It’s not my opinion. Its right there for everyone to see for yourself.
I love it so true. Watching the news one district in CA had a voter information center that apparently was helping people fill out ballots and handing out new ballots for people that made a mistake. I don’t know why that’s possible but they did it.
Asking for time to count ballots isn’t corruption. The Governor of PA asked this summer for legislative change to allow sorting of mail ballots prior to election day. The republican controlled legislature declined. If they hadn’t, we’d probably have a final count already. The PA Supreme Court case you referred to is related to counting ballots postmarked on election day but received after. Those ballots are already being segregated and counted separately so that any subsequent court ruling can be abided by. Seems pretty transparent and uncorrupt to me.
“If let loose indiscriminately, the industry pollutes like they do in countries like Nigeria and Angola (and the coast of the Republic of Texas).”
I think I’d disagree with you on this. I don’t think people (any American at least) is going to pollute the ocean off the US coastline like they might do off some third world country. Would you? Maybe YOU would because you live/work there?? Further, if a gov’t doesn’t have the wherewithal to police their coastlines against pollution, they probably are a worthless place anyway. In your stellar example, Nigeria, they don’t give a hash about the safety and well being of human beings onboard ships and haven’t for years. Piracy is a joke there.
So why should we expect the Nigerian gov’t is going to care about having clean water?? Blame the industry iff you want. But I tend to think that the Energy Industry as a whole will be at least as responsible as much as they can to keep their butts out of jail. Or at least their workers on site will.
Thats how it works in every state I’ve lived and voted in. It says it right on the ballot instructions, if you make a mistake you simply request a new ballot. Why would that not be possible?
They’re not. There was one viral video purporting to show someone being denied entry int Philly, and he was not actually denied entry. As explained by the city commissioners"
an isolated incident and was the result of confusion about whether poll watchers had to be assigned to particular locations or could roam around the city. He said poll watchers are permitted to visit multiple voting sites. “The mistake was corrected, and the guy was admitted,” Feeley said.
And when the courts just decided that poll watchers can be as close as 6ft away from the ballot counts, now that is where they are, from both parties.
