Vote counting update thread

[Franzl]

Why on Earth is vote counting so difficult?

[Franzl]

Why on Earth is vote counting so difficult?

I'm pretty sympathetic to the popular vote advocates, but considering that the election has been over for nearly two weeks and there are still literally millions of ballots that have to be counted makes a pretty strong case for the importance of the electoral college.

Or just have good election laws and learn how to count votes. Guess I'm too demanding

[Franzl]

Why on Earth is vote counting so difficult?

I'm pretty sympathetic to the popular vote advocates, but considering that the election has been over for nearly two weeks and there are still literally millions of ballots that have to be counted makes a pretty strong case for the importance of the electoral college.

Even under a popular vote system, the election would have been called for Obama on election night. Not sure why you find this a case for the electoral college.

Quite the contrary, the Electoral College increases the probability of a dispute. It's far more likely that 1 or 2 states are enough to make up the difference between winning and losing the EC....than that the popular vote is close enough to be in doubt for very long.

[Franzl]

Imagine the chaos if this election were actually close...

[Franzl]

Where's Ohio?

Between Indiana and Pennsylvania.

[Franzl]

Wee question...as I'm not American I don't understand how they can call an election on election day when actually there were millions of votes uncounted, anyone cares to elaborate?

Statistics

[Franzl]

THE ELECTION ISN'T OVER

WISCONSIN AND OHIO WERE STOLEN WITH ACORN DEMOCRAT VOTER FRAUD

MITT ROMNEY IS PRESIDENT

That might seem irrelevant, but we Europeans are so used to getting clear and indisputable vote tallies that the slightest discrepancy bothers us.

Indeed. The word "recount" is a very foreign concept.