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This is going to be the messiest presidential election of our lifetimes due to the coronavirus pandemic. β
- 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.