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[–] 34 points 4 days ago

Mississippi law allows ballots that are postmarked by election day, if they're delivered within 5 business days. They can't calculate the final count until the 10th.

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  • [–] 22 points 4 days ago (3 children)

    I'd rather them take the time it needs to get it right, whoever wins, than to rush and have to do recounts over and over. Keep in mind that many doing this work are volunteers. Let them do the job.

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  • [–] 7 points 4 days ago* (1 child)

    Mississippi doesnt actually have a method for recounting elections. Ballots are destroyed immediately after they're counted. Whatever is determined is the only outcome, this is also why tallying takes so long

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  • [–] 4 points 4 days ago (4 children)

    Latest results say there's still 4% of the votes left to be counted.

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  • [–] 7 points 4 days ago (1 child)

    Mail-in ballots that were postmarked by Election Day, per state law.

    With the margins this close they might actually change the vote. The delay is reasonable. Frustrating, but reasonable.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 days ago

    With all the rhetoric around mail in ballots, I know I would try to get mine in before election day. I was about to finish typing when I realized I'm the type of person to forget to put it in the mail box until election day.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 days ago

    I'm 53% sure it's standard procedure, but I'm at 57% for insidious doings.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 days ago

    Different countries/states count votes in different ways. Some countries have modern (doesn't mean digital) ways of voting and get the results in hours. Other countries (like US) are stuck in XIX century and seem to like it that way.

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