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Joe BidenCongratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
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Joe continues to gain on Sanders in California (Original Post) RandySF Mar 2020 OP
Count is so slow in finishing cojoel Mar 2020 #1
Or Iowa? PatSeg Mar 2020 #2
We sent our best from Iowa... Peacetrain Mar 2020 #3
amen to that Lulu KC Mar 2020 #5
It would be over if it was matter of win-lose RandySF Mar 2020 #6
this is normal for california Fresh_Start Mar 2020 #7
You gotta love it. Tarheel_Dem Mar 2020 #4
 

cojoel

(952 posts)
1. Count is so slow in finishing
Wed Mar 11, 2020, 10:47 AM
Mar 2020

Did California hire vote counting experts from Florida?

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

Peacetrain

(22,836 posts)
3. We sent our best from Iowa...
Wed Mar 11, 2020, 10:51 AM
Mar 2020
Counting hand ballots is a two person verification process and it time consuming because so many people now vote by mail.. Better slow and accurate than getting the wrong decision.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

Lulu KC

(2,547 posts)
5. amen to that
Wed Mar 11, 2020, 11:02 AM
Mar 2020

They can take all the time in the world. If only the SCOTUS would have been more patient with Florida in 2000.
(Post-election PTSD: Florida 2000, Ohio 2004, and then 2016--I'm really hoping it becomes safe to trust again.)

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

RandySF

(57,661 posts)
6. It would be over if it was matter of win-lose
Wed Mar 11, 2020, 11:04 AM
Mar 2020

But we’re calculating delegates here.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

Fresh_Start

(11,330 posts)
7. this is normal for california
Wed Mar 11, 2020, 11:11 AM
Mar 2020

it is very pro voter.
you can register at the polls
you can vote anywhere in the state no matter where you are registered
you can change party registry on election day
so there are HUGE numbers of provisional votes
But california converts over 90% of provisional votes into actual votes after validating the voter.

it is a virtue which increases access to voting.

but they screwed up in certain counties by reducing the number of polling stations.
Part of the problem is that the 50+% of vote by mail voters...didn't vote by mail so there were more voters in person than expected at those reduced number of voting stations.


If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
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