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Post by AmyG on Nov 9, 2022 21:14:20 GMT -6
Technically AZ can start to verify signatures on the envelopes and count all of the vote by mail ballots as soon as they receive them. BUT they can't share the tally of votes until the polls close. So.... it always seems like while they may verify the ballots before the polls close they barely even start counting the vote by mail ballots until after the polls close which well, nobody can keep a secret so it's probably a good idea to wait. with about 80% of the az voters voting by mail, seems they need to figure out how to do this faster/better. I voted in person this round. Early voting on Monday. I usually vote by mail, but my address was wrong since moving. I've only ever voted in person for the primary in AZ. The process for in person voting might also explain why counting takes so long. I updated my address on a computer screen and then verified all of my info. Once my info was verified, a personal ballot was printed for me and I was given an envelope to sign. I filled in the bubbles with a pen, put my paper ballot in the signed envelope and dropped it in a ballot box. It wasn't fed through the machine at that time. So someone has to verify my signature, open my ballot and feed it through a machine still. Between opening early in person ballots, mail in ballots, and mail in ballots that were dropped off in person, no wonder they're not done. Yours is a provisional ballot? where they have to verify you didn't also vote somehow else. Yes it's a slow process to verify signatures match what they have on file for you. Then open envelope unfold ballot and scan. That takes time.
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Post by jaygee on Nov 9, 2022 21:36:55 GMT -6
I was just trolling house election results. Lucy McBath is projected to win her race with 61% of the vote. I remember when she first got elected and barely squeaked in. But now look at the stronghold she has. You put good people in place and they stick.
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Post by leahcar on Nov 9, 2022 21:39:46 GMT -6
Rebel I have never lived anywhere reliably blue so take that FWIW. But - I have hope for TX. We are not red; we are suppressed. I wholeheartedly believe it will eventually change here. I agree. Only 43% of eligible Harris County votes were cast. Imagine if the other 1.5 million had been. Rebel I moved within the HTX area to get out of a red bubble. I won’t leave the state, but totally understand needing to feel comfortable in your surroundings. I have the only R left out of the county precincts. 🙄 Get it together, neighbors! Coming from Tennessee, I am THRILLED to feel hope in local politics. I could not see that glimmer there at all.
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Post by enchanted on Nov 9, 2022 21:44:44 GMT -6
Fishbulb? 😂
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Post by Wtfshouldmynamebe on Nov 9, 2022 22:23:16 GMT -6
I’m trying to figure out what that was supposed to be.
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Post by SweetPotato on Nov 9, 2022 22:23:53 GMT -6
I agree. Only 43% of eligible Harris County votes were cast. Imagine if the other 1.5 million had been. Rebel I moved within the HTX area to get out of a red bubble. I won’t leave the state, but totally understand needing to feel comfortable in your surroundings. I have the only R left out of the county precincts. 🙄 Get it together, neighbors! Coming from Tennessee, I am THRILLED to feel hope in local politics. I could not see that glimmer there at all. The precincts are drawn so weirdly (on purpose I know) - I was in the same as you. Moved 30 miles away and yet I’m only one block into the next precinct 🧐
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elle
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Post by elle on Nov 9, 2022 22:50:20 GMT -6
Joe is looking really old to me. Even for him. I mean, he is really old. Has been for a while now. I think going two rounds with Covid has aged him too.
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Post by enchanted on Nov 10, 2022 0:34:33 GMT -6
I mean, he is really old. Has been for a while now. I think going two rounds with Covid has aged him too. Plus being POTUS. I'm always amazed at the differences in photos from beginning of terms to end, even single term Presidents.
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Post by Eagles on Nov 10, 2022 0:54:15 GMT -6
I don't think I've ever seen Joe smiling this much. Joe saying "God love ya" is the most Catholic regional grandpop thing and it melts my heart every time. He's practically Italian. True story: when I walked out of church after my wedding, my Pop grabbed both my hands with tears in his eyes and said "God love ya, babe. God love ya."
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Post by Eagles on Nov 10, 2022 0:59:46 GMT -6
Am still deceased from when you sent this to me yesterday 🤣
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Post by Eagles on Nov 10, 2022 1:03:53 GMT -6
I think going two rounds with Covid has aged him too. Plus being POTUS. I'm always amazed at the differences in photos from beginning of terms to end, even single term Presidents. I mean my gosh look at what it did to Barack. And he's aging like fine wine, but still.
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Post by Eagles on Nov 10, 2022 1:06:21 GMT -6
Republicans in disarray! ETA: just to not be misleading, Toomey retired, so it's not "currently elected Republicans in disarray) Oh now you wanna fix your face to take shots at Trump, you jellyfish. YOUR CONSTITUENTS HAVEN'T HEARD FROM YOU IN 6 YEARS.
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Post by cnf on Nov 10, 2022 3:02:47 GMT -6
I’m trying to figure out what that was supposed to be. Simpsons? There's your answer fishbulb? My H and I say it to each other all the time. I had a student wearing it on a hoodie recently and I said it to her and she had no idea what I was talking about 😂
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dc2london
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Post by dc2london on Nov 10, 2022 5:26:28 GMT -6
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Post by dc2london on Nov 10, 2022 6:19:32 GMT -6
Beto may have lost, but his coattails sure helped!
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beatch
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Post by beatch on Nov 10, 2022 6:33:53 GMT -6
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Post by Eagles on Nov 10, 2022 6:56:39 GMT -6
Also, while I love the Gritty memes from 2020 and this year, the truth is that the Dems lean too heavily on Philly to come through for them. We overdelivered in 2016 by about 50k votes and still lost the state. I remember sitting on the stairs, crying, and asking H if I should have gone to vol in a different county. The Philly team beat themselves up for a long time after that even though we did everything we could.
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Post by dc2london on Nov 10, 2022 7:13:27 GMT -6
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Post by downwarddog on Nov 10, 2022 7:18:02 GMT -6
Joe is looking really old to me. Even for him. I mean, he is really old. Has been for a while now. Oh, I know. He just looks frail to me lately.
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Post by dc2london on Nov 10, 2022 7:26:31 GMT -6
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Post by abs on Nov 10, 2022 7:36:12 GMT -6
Beto may have lost, but his coattails sure helped! Yes! So happy about this. Texas is still a mess but locally things went super well. Even our local school board election went the way I was hoping. I mean, make no mistake. The candidates that won are still conservative but they are not book banning bring God back into the school conservatives. I don't understand how Abbott keeps winning but it's so nice to see progress.
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Post by fosterlove on Nov 10, 2022 7:47:21 GMT -6
This morning is trash day in my neighborhood. In Michigan the Prop 3 was to codify reproductive health/abortion. National money has funneled into the state and spewed so much bullshit about what that would mean talking about forced sex changes on children and such. They were saying that the proposal was too confusing and too extreme. The actual proposal was about 100 words. If that is too confusing then there are other issues. So, this morning as I drove to school drop off, me and my sons counted all the "prop 3" signs that we shoved in trash cans. My one son said, "I guess women weren't confused about what they had to do". No son, we were not confused!
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richard
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Post by richard on Nov 10, 2022 7:48:05 GMT -6
I’m feeling slightly better about NV after reading this.
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Post by richard on Nov 10, 2022 7:51:12 GMT -6
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Post by SweetPotato on Nov 10, 2022 8:25:25 GMT -6
Beto may have lost, but his coattails sure helped! Yes! So happy about this. Texas is still a mess but locally things went super well. Even our local school board election went the way I was hoping. I mean, make no mistake. The candidates that won are still conservative but they are not book banning bring God back into the school conservatives. I don't understand how Abbott keeps winning but it's so nice to see progress. And to add to that I will vouch for 3 of the republicans (I voted for them) who won benches. The R/D by someone’s name doesn’t always tell the full story
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Post by beatch on Nov 10, 2022 8:36:55 GMT -6
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Post by abs on Nov 10, 2022 8:46:02 GMT -6
Yes! So happy about this. Texas is still a mess but locally things went super well. Even our local school board election went the way I was hoping. I mean, make no mistake. The candidates that won are still conservative but they are not book banning bring God back into the school conservatives. I don't understand how Abbott keeps winning but it's so nice to see progress. And to add to that I will vouch for 3 of the republicans (I voted for them) who won benches. The R/D by someone’s name doesn’t always tell the full story For sure. Mostly I’m thrilled Mealer lost. Perhaps sending out postcards every other day with nothing but yourself surrounded by guns wasn’t the best messaging. Good riddance.
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Post by dc2london on Nov 10, 2022 8:49:20 GMT -6
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Post by fosterlove on Nov 10, 2022 8:54:23 GMT -6
It this is the case, it is hard to imagine that Warnock will not have an advantage. If the right isn't fighting for control of the Senate, I think a lot will stay home.
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Post by richard on Nov 10, 2022 9:02:39 GMT -6
It this is the case, it is hard to imagine that Warnock will not have an advantage. If the right isn't fighting for control of the Senate, I think a lot will stay home. I agree. I think it'll be easier for Warnock to pick up a 51st seat if Dems already have 50.
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