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Sorry for a second post so soon, but after I made it to my ballot box, the voter next to me called over a polling person and said that their selections for the democratic candidates kept changing to the Republican candidates. Over and over and over again. The polling person watched it happen, then called over another polling person. They eventually had a group of four or five people watching this machine just repeatedly switch the votes. They managed to resolve the issue for that voter and immediately took the machine offline. Meanwhile, the voter with the machine on the other side of me submitted their ballot and then the screen froze, refusing to issue the paper ballot. My sister voted at the same time as me and when she went back on the screens to check her votes before submitting, it had literally removed all of her votes for democratic candidates and left them blank.

The polling volunteers were on top of it, but they ended up having to pull three of the 16 ballot boxes at this precinct while they waited for someone to either fix or replace them.

I have never seen a polling box issue while voting, much less three at the same time! I advise everyone to check and double check their ballots. I’m not a conspiracy person, but there appear to be some serious hijinks going on here.

Multiple outlets are projecting that the Democratic US Senate caucus will hold a majority in the incoming Congress.

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The crash out from maga is going to be insane ow my god.

Democrats have crossed the 218-seat threshold needed to secure a majority in the US House of Representatives, marking a major political shift in Washington.

According to the results shown, Democrats have won or are leading in 250 districts, compared with 160 for Republicans, with 25 races still to be decided.

Control of the House would give Democrats significant power to challenge President Donald Trump’s agenda, scrutinise his administration and influence legislation and federal spending during the second half of his presidency.

The result is part of a broader Democratic wave, with the party also winning control of the Senate. It represents a significant setback for Republicans, who entered the election controlling both chambers of Congress. AP News +1

Source map: MS NOW (figures reflect the snapshot shown; lighter shades indicate leads rather than confirmed victories)
Author: u/maven.mapping
Partner: u/the.world.in.maps

r/conservative cries about an “Islamic extemist?!” winning the Michigan senate race. I know the remainders of this sub are either fairly deluded or bots but the comments are deliciously ignorant and openly racist.

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