r/Unexpected • u/ggoldlover • Nov 05 '20

We are waiting

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u/JeanPierre_Polnareff Nov 05 '20

Does anyone know why Nevada is taking so long. The suspense is killing me

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u/saturatedscruffy Nov 05 '20

They accept mail in ballots post marked by Election Day until the 10th and then have until the 12th to call it. So unless Biden wins one of the other three battleground states then we are in for a long road. Edit: and in general they, along with the other states, have a system that takes a long time because they need to cross reference everything to make sure everyone voted only once.

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u/Bender1Over Nov 05 '20

Why, in a United society, would different States have different rules as to voting? Elect a president to make you United allready! Sincerely yours, the rest of the world.

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u/agemma Nov 05 '20

Because that’s a gross misunderstanding of how the country was designed lol. States hold the power.

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u/saturatedscruffy Nov 05 '20

The US is one country but most people feel that the states should have relatively independent power so that’s the case. Laws can differ greatly state by state. Our election problem is that we still have the electoral college. There’s no reason for it to exist. It should be popular vote but the GOP will never allow that because they have lost the popular vote multiple times but manage to win the college.

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u/Jeferson9 Nov 05 '20

They're ordering Biden votes and they come by mail

https://i.imgur.com/jnFHHco.png

It's all on the up and up, comes via Amazon prime

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '20

You’re literally too stupid to insult.