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>In the US, we used to be able to tabulate votes in 1 day Have we? Do you have a particular state in mind? As far as I know, all states have a post-election ca

>In the US, we used to be able to tabulate votes in 1 day Have we? Do you have a particular state in mind? As far as I know, all states have a post-election canvassing period of at least a week or two (if not longer) before official results are certified. Some states like California and New York are notoriously slow to certify. Election night results are always preliminary and subject to shifts, especially as mail and provisional ballots get processed.

ASalazarMX 3y ago
Voting is a massively parallel process. Officials can count ballots, fill acts and seal the urns in the same day. In fact, elections in other countries, like Mexico, usually have at least 95% of votes certified by the next day, even if the last few percent drags their feet for some reason. There's no sensible reason to wait weeks for voting results, just put more people to the task, for the sake of transparency and promptness.
- the_snooze 3y ago
  >In fact, elections in other countries, like Mexico, usually have at least 95% of votes certified by the next day, even if the last few percent drags their feet for some reason. I don't know what this means. "Certification" is when a state finalizes the official legally-binding results for elections. Votes aren't certified, election results are. It's when a state says "Coca-Cola got 832,992 votes and Pepsi got 902,311 votes" and enters it into its legal and historical record. All US states take time to certify results precisely to make sure the process is carried out correctly. They do things like archiving paper ballots, electronic records, and signed affidavits in case of legal challenges, processing provisional ballots and same-day registrations, and cross-checking the number of registered voters who showed up with the number of ballots cast at each precinct.
  - ASalazarMX 3y ago
    As soon as the election closes, every urn is opened in front of the randomly-selected citizen officials, and voluntary party witnesses. Votes are counted, including invalid/nulled votes, an electoral "acta" (a written record) is filled, everything is sealed and delivered to the National Electoral Institute (INE) local office. This happens mere hours after elections closed, and it is simultaneous in all urns. The INE gives preliminary results when they're statistically certain, usually the same night around 10-11pm. Even if the last percent of urns is delayed, they aren't enough numbers to affect the results, but anyway, the records get certified as they arrive, and the next day 100% of votes are accounted and the election is closed. The system is pretty amazing, mainly becaue the INE is an independent civil institution. Unfortunately, our current president is making every effort to subvert it and return to the times where the government ran the elections in opacity.

ASalazarMX 3y ago

Voting is a massively parallel process. Officials can count ballots, fill acts and seal the urns in the same day. In fact, elections in other countries, like Mexico, usually have at least 95% of votes certified by the next day, even if the last few percent drags their feet for some reason. There's no sensible reason to wait weeks for voting results, just put more people to the task, for the sake of transparency and promptness.

the_snooze 3y ago
>In fact, elections in other countries, like Mexico, usually have at least 95% of votes certified by the next day, even if the last few percent drags their feet for some reason. I don't know what this means. "Certification" is when a state finalizes the official legally-binding results for elections. Votes aren't certified, election results are. It's when a state says "Coca-Cola got 832,992 votes and Pepsi got 902,311 votes" and enters it into its legal and historical record. All US states take time to certify results precisely to make sure the process is carried out correctly. They do things like archiving paper ballots, electronic records, and signed affidavits in case of legal challenges, processing provisional ballots and same-day registrations, and cross-checking the number of registered voters who showed up with the number of ballots cast at each precinct.
- ASalazarMX 3y ago
  As soon as the election closes, every urn is opened in front of the randomly-selected citizen officials, and voluntary party witnesses. Votes are counted, including invalid/nulled votes, an electoral "acta" (a written record) is filled, everything is sealed and delivered to the National Electoral Institute (INE) local office. This happens mere hours after elections closed, and it is simultaneous in all urns. The INE gives preliminary results when they're statistically certain, usually the same night around 10-11pm. Even if the last percent of urns is delayed, they aren't enough numbers to affect the results, but anyway, the records get certified as they arrive, and the next day 100% of votes are accounted and the election is closed. The system is pretty amazing, mainly becaue the INE is an independent civil institution. Unfortunately, our current president is making every effort to subvert it and return to the times where the government ran the elections in opacity.