Is there any legit justification for it taking so long to count votes in Arizona?

Nope. Louisiana got theirs counted. If we can they should be able to.

Maricopa County is the 4th largest county in the country.

A record number of people dropped off mail in ballots on or shortly before election day in Arizona.

Those ballots have to have signature verifications done on them before they can be counted.

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Maricopa County is the 4th largest county in the country.

A record number of people dropped off mail in ballots on or shortly before election day in Arizona.

Those ballots have to have signature verifications done on them before they can be counted.

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And this takes a week, in your tiny little mind? Florida is the third largest state in the country, they had theirs done by dinnertime.

When the cash man goes to the section 8 hood to pay for the blank ballots he often finds that some of his clients are in jail and won't be out on probation till tomorrow.

Clients could have left the ballots with a friend who would exchange them for the cash. But these days you can't even trust your friends with your money. It's a damn shame what society has come to these days.

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Maricopa County had nearly 300k mail-in ballots received on election day

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You don’t see one hint of the frickery that this allows? It’s as if you want the uncertainty.

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Maricopa County had nearly 300k mail-in ballots received on election day

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You don’t see one hint of the frickery that this allows? It’s as if you want the uncertainty.

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JFC, where did Mick say anything of the sort.

OP: Why is this taking so long?
Mick: The reasons are as follows ...
Motorboat: Why do you WANT the votes counted this way?????

Mick:

Personally, I think that all early votes should just be tabulated as they arrive, so that they are ready to report when the polls have closed, but I do understand the possibility that results would be leaked.

As to in-person early votes, this is not a problem. All the verification is done before the ballot is cast. All that remains is to run the ballot thru the tabulator machine. That can be completed post haste after the polls close.

As to early ballots that are returned to the registrar either by mail or by drop-off, no verification as been done, so the post-polls work includes BOTH verification of hundreds of thousands of ballots AND running them thru the tabulator.

I suppose that we COULD authorize realtime verification as the ballots arrive throughout the early voting period and save only tabulation until Election Day, but even then we would have the problem that many of these ballots will not ARRIVE until Election Day or a few days before. During that time, election workers are busy getting things ready and then watching the polling places. They really do not have the TIME to early-verify these ballots.

So, we are left with two options. Delayed completion of the count OR major changes to election law consisting of some combination of early verification/tabulation and/or reduction in the availability of early-voting in any way other than in-person.

But it really seems that we just have to choose between (a) instant gratification on Election Night and (b) ease and flexibility in casting our ballots.

Those ballots, the ones mail-in ballots that were dropped off at voting locations are not the issues!

In fact as of this 7:19 this morning, they haven't even started counting those votes!

So why is it taking so long if those votes haven't even been touched at this point?

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Those ballots, the ones mail-in ballots that were dropped off at voting locations are not the issues!

In fact as of this 7:19 this morning, they haven't even started counting those votes!

So why is it taking so long if those votes haven't even been touched at this point?

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(sigh) Those ballots have been going through the signature verification process. After that, they are tabulated.