View Poll Results: Should Congress Delay the election in the Wake of the Storm?
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- 11. This poll is closed
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Yes
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8 72.73%
Results 11 to 20 of 22
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10-31-2012, 10:37 AM #11
You know this cannot be done is parts
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10-31-2012, 10:41 AM #12
Actually it can. States control the elections, not the feds.
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10-31-2012, 10:45 AM #13
Under this scenario would the states that hold the vote on time have to keep the results confidential until all states have held their vote? I know up here we have laws preventing the release of election results in the east before the polls close in the west. I assumed you had similar rules.
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10-31-2012, 10:47 AM #14
Interesting question. I know that AUTaxMan is spot on in his point that states control their own elections, but I'm not sure if they would have to keep results confidential or not.
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10-31-2012, 10:48 AM #15
really? we must live in different countries...Your place is black and white
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10-31-2012, 10:52 AM #16
I'm not so sure that states control ALL aspects of their elections. I would be surprised if they had control over the timing of the actual voting day.
Apparently I was right on this count. From wikipedia, feel free to dispute it if you wish.
Article One of the United States Constitution requires that any election for the U.S. President must occur on a single day throughout the country; elections for Congressional offices, however, can be held at different times.Last edited by habsheaven; 10-31-2012 at 12:14 PM.
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10-31-2012, 11:48 AM #17
They release them as soon as they're available. That's why elections are sometimes called before the left coast votes are fully counted. Not sure if there is a mandate on when they MUSt release their results. just know that electors don't have to certify until December.
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10-31-2012, 12:03 PM #18
I guess I learn something new everyday. I was under the impression that the results that are being released on the night of the election are actually based on polling done after voters leave the voting booths. I had no idea that they are counting actual votes that fast.
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10-31-2012, 12:09 PM #19
Those are the "exit polls" and they are largely inaccurate. The official numbers are released as soon as they are counted (on the same night) as well. Exit poll numbers always come out in late afternoon and early evening. With polls closing at 8:00 or 9:00, usually the official results don't hit until midnight. However, each precinct reports as soon as its numbers are tallied, so you can get a large-enough sampling with a small standard deviation pretty early. Thus, a lot of elections are called with official numbers reporting in the 20-30% range.
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10-31-2012, 12:18 PM #20
Yeah, that's why I can go vote 5 minutes before the polls close and know who won before I get home. Same in Canada.
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Originally Posted by AUTaxMan 
