This has to be done. Overseas ballots have still not been counted. Counties will not be done with machine recounts until the end of this week. Then a hand recount has to happen. This should be extended until Dec. 15 with continuing extensions as needed. Al Franken wasnāt seated until 6 months after the term began. This is a Senate election, not a presidential election, and it will not determine political control of the body. The Senate has often operated with vacancies for several months. We can wait this out and make sure a complete, accurate count is done.
Unfortunately, Al Franken was seated when there wasnāt a lying scumbag screaming āfraudā in the White House every day. I really wish someone would scream back ā¦ counter his lies vociferously and make it bold enough to make the news cycle for a change. Perhaps a Democrat who wants to run for president ā¦
It makes sense and will best serve the goal of making every vote count. The Republicans therefore will resist it with every bit of their nastiness, screaming the fix is in.
āArbitrary application of an unreasonable deadline violates the prohibition against undue burdens on the right to vote, enshrined under the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution, and subjects Florida voters to disparate treatment and inconsistent standards in violation of the Fourteenth Amendmentās Equal Protection Clause,ā
Sounds like the argument in Bush v Gore and would undoubtedly be granted if Scott were the plaintiff. As it is, this case is easily distinguished on the facts.
the machines used to conduct the recount can only tally one race at a time
If only some sort of, I donāt know, technology was available.
Some bigger counties, like the ones listedā¦in particular, Palm Beach countyā¦this is true. We finished ours however yesterday evening. And thatās true for most counties.
Yes, but the manual recount isnāt as long as it sounds. Basically, each county will only be counting underballots (ballots where the voter didnāt vote for anyone in the race) and overballots (ballots where the voter voted for more than one person in the race), not every single ballot. We expect to start on ours Friday morning and be done either Friday night or Saturday morning.
Palm Beach is budgeted for newer machinesā¦for next year. They donāt have them now, however.
Thatās up to the media. Unfortunately the media likes their Democrats to be calm and respectable, so when Democrats say things, which they do on a daily basis towards this President*, they donāt make the news.
This rush to call winners and stop the vote needs to be something Democrats push back against over the next few election cycles. Every vote should count and no Democrat, even though itās a formality, should āconcedeā until every vote is counted.
Iāve long been a believer in not planning ahead and, if problems arise, doing everything I know that didnāt work before again.
You gotta believe, son.