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Re:Colorado scrambles to change voting-system passwords afte... by anon291 on Saturday November 02, 2024 @04:00PM (#42028854)
If the speed of tabulation is the main reason then why are results no longer known by election night? They're saying it might be days again. When we had paper ballots, we knew that night. (For America)
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Re:Colorado scrambles to change voting-system passwords afte... by gruez on Saturday November 02, 2024 @06:06PM (#42029541)
>When we had paper ballots, we knew that night. (For America)

You forgot about 2000. Also, the main reason for the delays are mail-in ballots, which could be delayed for days/weeks, depending on how lenient the deadlines are.

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Re:Colorado scrambles to change voting-system passwords afte... by chrisco255 on Saturday November 02, 2024 @08:26PM (#42030290)
2000 was punch cards and it came down to a razor thin 500 votes in a single swing state.

By law the mail-in ballots have to be in by election day.

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