Subj : Counting votes
To : Gerhard Strangar
From : Charles Pierson
Date : Wed Nov 11 2020 02:33 pm
Hello, Gerhard Strangar -> All.
On 11/11/20 7:01 PM you wrote:
> High, I just read that Georgia needs to recount all votes manually
> and I wonder what manually is supposed to mean. Do they otherwise
> use machines? If so, why does it take so long? In Germany, the
> polling stations close at 18:00 and we usually get the manually
> counted preliminary results between 22:00 and 23:00 on that same
> day. And I cannot remember any election where the final results
> changed noteworthy.
There are multiple ways voting is done, and multiple ways they get
counted. It depends on the state.
This year, it was more complicated because of a larger number of mail in
ballots than normal.
But many states I believe, if the first count is extremely close like
1-2% I think requires an automatic recount.
> What happens if multiple recounting two parties/candidates have
> exactly the same number of votes? Do you hold a second election or
> flip a coin?
It depends on each states election laws and which office it is for.
Regardless of what you might see, there often are more people on the
Ballot than the Democrat and Republican candidates. They generally
don't get much exposure, nor have the huge budgets, but they are there.
Leaving the Presidential election aside, because it's its own
monstrosity.
A Senate race, for example, might require a majority of votes to be
declared winner. A simple majority is 51%. If you have other
candidates, smaller party or independent, in the race it is possible for
no one to get 51% of the vote. In that case, there is going to be a run
off election at a later date between the top vote getters.
With the President, again depending on the state, the popular vote is
supposed to indicate which candidate gets the Electoral College votes
for that state. Most states, I believe are winner take all, meaning
whoever gets the most popular votes get all of the Electoral votes for
that state. Some states might, or at least did, could split the
Electoral votes.
> Tschoe mit Oe Gerhard --- * Origin: (2:240/2188.575)
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