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Unacceptable for there to be any delay in announcing the results
Why, Chris?
Among other reasons, the pandemic has generally caused many/most things to tale longer. Estimating Friday to count through all the mail-in’s does not seem unreasonable; and does not prohibit from projecting a winner, especially if interim mail-in tallies are released. “announcing the results” in the article”s context of final totals reported to the Secretary of State normally isn’t done until a couple of weeks after election, anyway.
The only deadline the Founding Fathers set was the need to have a set of electors ready to be counted by Congress. Here is how it actually works, not how talk radio tells you:
“Following election day, the states are to count and certify popular vote results according to their respective statutory and procedural requirements. When the states have completed their vote counts and ascertained the official results, the U.S. Code (3 U.S.C. §6) requires the state governors to prepare, “as soon as practicable,” documents known as Certificates of Ascertainment of the vote. The certificates must list the names of the electors chosen by the voters and the number of votes received in the popular election results, also the names of all losing candidates for elector, and the number of votes they received. Certificates of Ascertainment, which are often signed by state governors, must carry the seal of the state. One copy is forwarded to the Archivist of the United States(the The Electoral College: A 2020 Presidential Election Timelinehttps://crsreports.congress.govArchivist), while six duplicates of the Certificate of Ascertainment must be provided to the electors by December 14, the date on which they meet.”
There is usually a delay in counting ballots in most states during most elections.
How can you announce the results if you haven’t counted all the votes?
A complicated statistical analysis is how the media is able to predict results once a certain number of votes are counted. The official count isn’t ever completed the night of the election.
People think winners are officially declared on election night. Winners on election night are only declared by the news media who are far from official (and who DT has taught everyone not to trust).