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.
Why is Mississippi taking so long to certify? The Democrat has 49 percent. The Republican 48.9 percent and the Independent has 2.1 percent. How hard is it to do simple math?
Submitted 5 days ago by Patnou@lemmy.world to [deleted]
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Rhaedas@fedia.io 5 days ago
PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Mississippi doesnt actually have a clause 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
yukichigai@kbin.earth 5 days ago
Ballots are destroyed immediately after they're counted.
Well that's not suspicious or prone to encouraging nefarious actions at all.
jamcdude@lemmy.zip 5 days ago
No recounts in Mississippi
Archangel1313@lemmy.ca 5 days ago
Latest results say there’s still 4% of the votes left to be counted.
Patnou@lemmy.world 5 days ago
how?
yukichigai@kbin.earth 5 days ago
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.
i_stole_ur_taco@lemmy.ca 5 days ago
The same way they counted all the other ones.
ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 4 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.
SwingingTheLamp@piefed.zip 5 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.