re: Latest batch of AZ ballots comes in 80% for Lake, maybe she has a shot!

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That's a lot of votes left to be counted. Sadly it may take Arizona a year

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That is absolutely absurd and inexcusable. The reason those is partisan bullshite with the parties trying to blame each other. Look at this ridiculous article from the local Fox affiliate in Phoenix as to why it takes so long...

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PHOENIX - Although the presidential race is declared, voters in the Grand Canyon State still have a pressing question – why do we still not have all of the Election Day results?

It comes down to four main factors

1. Maricopa County's size
2. The political makeup of Arizona
3. The length of the ballot
4. Voting laws were written and passed by Republicans

Maricopa County, the largest in the state, is also the second largest in the nation. It’s only behind Los Angeles County, which is reliably Democrat. Maricopa, on the other hand, has become more purple, making our races tighter and closer.

This year, we also had a two-page ballot, which takes a while to process.

Additionally, a convergence of our laws – convenience and accuracy – slows things down.

Mail ballots take longer to count because they need to be scanned, sorted and signature verified. Voters can return mail ballots by the close of polls on Election Day. One-fifth of voters did that in 2022.

State law allows the signature to be "cured" five days after Election Day, which means if the election office thinks the signature or some other detail is wrong, the voter has five more days to come in and fix it so the ballot counts.

Simply put, states that count faster, like Florida, have different laws. Florida cuts off early ballot drop-off at polling places on the Friday before Election Day. Not a lot of people vote that way as a result, and state law requires counties to finish counting early ballots by 7 p.m. the day before Election Day.

That means when the polls close, the process is already well underway and results can be posted quickly.

Here in Arizona, it’s just beginning for us. Ultimately, it comes down to what people prioritize in elections: convenience of mail? Speed of the results? All are factors for voters to consider.

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What are these crazy Republican laws?

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The expected slowdown stems from a new state law enacted in February that requires poll workers to tally the number of mail ballot envelopes dropped off at the location before they deliver results to the central counting facility. This is just an initial count of the number of ballot envelopes. The votes on these ballots get counted later, after voter signatures on the ballot envelopes are verified.

Still, the task will take time. In past elections, more than 1,500 mail ballots have been dropped off at busy sites on the day of the election.

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So poll workers have to count how many ballots are dropped off before they are actually sent to be counted. Set aside the fact of how stupid it is to drop off a "mail" ballot at a polling place where you could, you know, actually vote in person, think of how difficult it is to count to a number as large as 1,500!!!!!

However, it looks like the real hold up is this 5-day curing period. "A five-day curing period to determine whether provisional ballots or early ballots with mismatched signatures should be tabulated also can slow the pace of Arizona election results." Five f-ing days to figure out if the person who voted is actually the person who voted.

But hey! Don't you dare compare us with Florida. They have 2/3rs as many people as us!

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Now explain Flake.

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Why would I explain Flake? I

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sounds like she is better than any Republican since MAYBE the one Flake replaced

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She hasn't accomplished frick all for Republicans in Arizona. She lost a ridiculously winnable governor's race and made this senate run something it shouldn't have been. You know she's been a Republican for about 7 minutes, right?

They mist be counting each individual measure at a seperate table.

hey, you..
Good day to be a patriot, huh?
Almost as fun as the old days.

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So you're talking about a handful of Republicans that run Maricopa County elections? I'm talking rank/file Republicans, who overwhelmingly vote for Kari Lake.

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LOL...they are RINOs. They even run an anti-Trump PAC. Stop with the lies.

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You and everyone else that claims shes the worst candidate to ever exist

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She has underperformed other republicans on statewide ballots every time she runs. Are there any other conclusions to draw beyond she’s a bad candidate?

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There is 750k votes still out

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fricking why? Are these mail in ballots that literally have not come in like in Nevada?

Or are these ballots they had on election day? If the latter there is zero excuse to have that big a percentage remaining uncounted in a relatively small state.

Arizona SOS site says 97% reporting and has shown that all day but in comparison to 2020, they are still behind the total vote by 800-900k.

AZ didn’t have nearly 30% less vote in 2024 compared to 2020. The SOS needs to fix that shite.

She needs nearly 55% of the remaining 750K ballots, if they actually exist, to take the lead.