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It already has an impact within the UK. St Ives constituency in the UK is generally the last to declare, presumably because the island populations are so small
by throwaway2245 6y ago
It already has an impact within the UK.
St Ives constituency in the UK is generally the last to declare, presumably because the island populations are so small and remote it's considered unsafe for them to individually count and report the results for collation, for multiple potential reasons (Gugh: 3 residents)
- chrisseaton 6y agoAnd yet they have it done within a few hours. Why is it about the US that means it takes a week... even with these machines which supposedly make it better?
- throwaway2245 6y agoIf you reject my claim that US has many-times more remote places than the UK, that need additional logistical consideration, a further reason is that the US election has no particular hurry. If your count in the UK doesn't finish for a week, the parliamentary session opens, and you don't have local representation in parliament. There's an immediate procedural consequence that disadvantages the local area and may result in concentrated unrest. If your count in the US doesn't finish, the relevant [Congressional] term doesn't start until January 3rd, 2021. As such, there's no immediately comparable procedural consequence. The Electoral College doesn't cast its votes until December 14th. The Supreme Court won't get involved, to hurry you up, until December 8th. Correctly postmarked ballots will (in some states) still be counted if they arrive late, up to November 23rd. Today is still November 15th. In theory, not all the votes have even arrived to be counted yet.