This is going to be the messiest presidential election of our lifetimes due to the coronavirus pandemic. ☑
Virtually no state is prepared for the flood of absentee voter applications that are going to be coming in or the flood going out
Many people who request ballots will end up not getting them due to lost mail or overwhelmed boards of election
There is going to be too many absentee ballots out to have any serious idea about who has won the majority of votes in on election night
Most states don’t count or even start verifying the outside of absentee ballots envelopes until days or even a week or more after Election Day
People expect the president to be determined by the end of election night but we aren’t likely to know final results until around Thanksgiving or possibly even early December
Expect a lot of absentee ballots to be tossed out on technicalities – some more valid than others – depends on the state
Absentee ballots have numerous chances for mistakes and ballots being laid aside and state election law is very complicated
Activists on both sides of the aisle will argue election laws are unjust or court rulings are unfair of things don’t go their way
Polling data may not be accurate with so many people voting by absentee so don’t be surprised if election results vary from the polls
The final results will be messy and maybe not what you hoped for.
But elections are ultimately just temporary, new elections are only two to four years away.
