Just wanted to make a comment here, and hopefully get some clarification.
According to this morning's PD, Passalacqua won the re-election as District Attorney over Jill Ravitch by a margin of a measly 2,480 votes or something like that.
The question/confusion/comment I have is this:
If there were still 20,000 absentee ballots yet to be counted and the difference between the two candidates was less than 3,000 votes, how is it possible for one side to claim victory over the other??? What about those other 17,000 some-odd votes??????
Will someone please explain this to me?
Another thing...why are the absentee votes counted last, and usually way beyond the time that the election polls are closed? They normally have to be submitted a couple of weeks in advance, so why are they not counted sooner?????
Thanks for any comments or explanations you can give me on this.
sonomarosa:dunno:
mommato3boys
06-08-2006, 07:42 AM
Another thing...why are the absentee votes counted last, and usually way beyond the time that the election polls are closed? They normally have to be submitted a couple of weeks in advance, so why are they not counted sooner?????
Thanks for any comments or explanations you can give me on this.
sonomarosa:dunno:Actually absentee ballots do not have to be submitted until 8 pm on election day. Both my dh and I are absentee voters and we always seem to end up turnign them in on election day. If nothing else it gives us time to fill out the ballots at home at our own pace so that we can go turn them in at a polling place with the kids and not have to worry about them running about while we are trying to fill out bubbles.
dladams
06-08-2006, 07:48 AM
I think that is a good question.
About absentee votes; they must be received by election day. I usually turn mine inon election day at the same place that I would have voted. You might be thinking of the earlier date that you must request an absentee vote by.
I am set up as a permanent absentee voter, so I always get my ballot in the mail a few weeks before the election. It's one way of avoiding electronic voting.
Just wanted to make a comment here, and hopefully get some clarification.
According to this morning's PD, Passalacqua won the re-election as District Attorney over Jill Ravitch by a margin of a measly 2,480 votes or something like that.
The question/confusion/comment I have is this:
If there were still 20,000 absentee ballots yet to be counted and the difference between the two candidates was less than 3,000 votes, how is it possible for one side to claim victory over the other??? What about those other 17,000 some-odd votes??????
Will someone please explain this to me?
Another thing...why are the absentee votes counted last, and usually way beyond the time that the election polls are closed? They normally have to be submitted a couple of weeks in advance, so why are they not counted sooner?????
Thanks for any comments or explanations you can give me on this.
sonomarosa:dunno:
Mikeyfireman
06-08-2006, 07:50 AM
Actually absentee ballots do not have to be submitted until 8 pm on election day. Both my dh and I are absentee voters and we always seem to end up turnign them in on election day. If nothing else it gives us time to fill out the ballots at home at our own pace so that we can go turn them in at a polling place with the kids and not have to worry about them running about while we are trying to fill out bubbles.
the reason it takes longer is that no vote is opened untill 8 pm on election night. So even if you send it in 3 weeks ahead it just sits untill that night. They count the regular votes first because they have been verified by the polling place workers. The absentee ballots need to have the signatures compared to the signature on your request for permanent absentee to make sure that the person who voted is the person who is eligable to vote. Keeps the fraud to a minimum. If you want to learn more about how it all works, spend a day working the poles. It was a avery educational day for me.