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nitpicked

(792 posts) Tue Nov 7, 2023, 07:35 PM Nov 2023

It will take over an hour from closing to get preliminary VA election results

Having worked the polls, first the tapes from the machines have to be collected, then the machines are shut down, then the formal report has to be fiilled out and the tapes attached, and maybe the results are phoned in to the county at the same time or afterwards. At the minimum, it's over an hour before in-person totals are reported, sometimes nearly two hours. And there are provisional ballots that could sway a close race.

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It will take over an hour from closing to get preliminary VA election results (Original Post) nitpicked Nov 2023 OP

WaPo is reporting preliminary results (link): spooky3 Nov 2023 #1

I voted today, all Dems IronLionZion Nov 2023 #2

spooky3

(36,194 posts)

1. WaPo is reporting preliminary results (link):

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Tue Nov 7, 2023, 07:48 PM

Nov 2023

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100218435712

IronLionZion

(46,965 posts)

2. I voted today, all Dems

Reply to nitpicked (Original post)

Tue Nov 7, 2023, 10:55 PM

Nov 2023

I didn't have any ballot measures on my ballot here in Arlington.

As long as Dems win, I suppose it's fine if GOP claims fraud or whatever from counting all the votes.

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