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Re:Leaked voting machine BIOS passwords may implicate Q-frie... by amanaplanacanal on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @11:26PM (#28151488)
Is that really a recent thing though? Or has it always taken some places weeks to count votes, just not in close states?
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Re:Leaked voting machine BIOS passwords may implicate Q-frie... by HWR_14 on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @11:29PM (#28151515)
It's recent because of the huge amount of write in ballots. Usually the winner is called the night of because they* just ignore the mail in numbers, even in battleground states. This year, there were too many (and they were too different a population from the in person ballots) to do that.

* "They" meaning the news media. The official vote took longer and counted the mail in ballots

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Re:Leaked voting machine BIOS passwords may implicate Q-frie... by amanaplanacanal on Thursday August 12, 2021 @06:54AM (#28154641)
Ah yes, COVID. And then some states passed laws that the mail in ballots couldn't start being counted until after election day.
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