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[–] 12 points 23 hours ago (13 children)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwj0llvqqm72o

The tldr is that the vote is super tight, with Democrats in the lead and the Republicans don't want to conceed.

They're holding out for the verification of votes where people didn't show id at the time, and postal votes in the hope it could change the outcome.

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  • [–] 5 points 22 hours ago

    They're holding out for the verification of votes where people didn't show id at the time

    This is news to me, seems so wildly inefficient. It's like letting a credit card transaction go through first then check if the card is legit or not 2 days later.

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  • [–] [S] 5 points 23 hours ago (5 children)

    Wild. Sore losers by the sounds of it.

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  • [–] 5 points 22 hours ago (4 children)

    Dunno. This should be default behaviour. Only publish the result when you have the result.

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 22 hours ago (3 children)

    Am I right in thinking that some results in the US are decided without all (valid) ballots being counted?

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  • [–] 4 points 19 hours ago

    Concession has no legal importance. It's a sign of goodwill, and puts the campaign behind them. People have revoked their concessions as more ballots came in, but it's very rare.

    There will probably be legal challenges, given how close the results are. Any group that gets disqualified could swing the results.

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  • [–] -1 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (4 children)

    Don’t need an ID to vote in the US

    Edit: mea culpa

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  • [–] 7 points 23 hours ago (3 children)

    The rules vary by state. Some do.

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