oldschoolskater OP t1_irxwt1k wrote on October 11, 2022 at 9:16 PM

Reply to comment by lexispots in The Philadelphia Inquirer: The Supreme Court just undid a key ruling for counting undated Pennsylvania mail ballots by oldschoolskater

Also we'll know the results the evening of the election instead of waiting days for them to be counted.

lexispots t1_iry5jdy wrote on October 11, 2022 at 10:18 PM

No you won’t because absentee and no excuse mail in ballots still need to be counted. Military personnel stationed abroad and ex pats vote via absentee. Their vote counts, too.

oldschoolskater OP t1_iryd2u8 wrote on October 11, 2022 at 11:16 PM

Before COVID the absentee and military ballots usually wouldn't add up to enough votes to change an election given what they counted that night. That's why they were usually able to call the election that night. Then later in the week they would give the official totals.

lexispots t1_irykitm wrote on October 12, 2022 at 12:13 AM

And what if there are less than 100 votes deciding a statewide race and there are a couple thousand absentee ballots? How do you call that race that night?

oldschoolskater OP t1_iryn4gk wrote on October 12, 2022 at 12:33 AM

They don't call it when it's that close. They only call it when there is a winner that can't be overcome by the votes that haven't been counted yet. In the past most people went to the polls and voted. Absentee was meant for people that truly couldn't make it to the polls because of health or serious reasons.

lexispots t1_irypikw wrote on October 12, 2022 at 12:51 AM

And now, since it is a legal way to vote, we have to be patient and wait about a week for results. All votes should be counted.

oldschoolskater OP t1_iryq13k wrote on October 12, 2022 at 12:55 AM

Good luck to you. Hopefully your ballot doesn't get lost in the mail. I know mine will count for sure.

lexispots t1_irysns7 wrote on October 12, 2022 at 1:16 AM

It won’t get lost, because I will be voting in person. I do not trust republicans to not try and throw out my vote, again, like they did in 2020. You see, in 2020 I had to vote via absentee ballot, because I was working as a judge of elections at a polling station in Westmoreland County. Because of the GOP’s attempt, and specifically my representative’s multiple attempts, to try to invalidate my legally cast ballot, I stopped working the polls so I could vote in person to make sure my vote can never be taken from me, or even threatened to be taken from me, ever again.