10/24 Podcast Why Miami-Dade matters.

[Awsi Dooger]

6. I wanted all the big Democratic counties to get to 99.9% return rate in a hurry

We should have a better idea after the Souls to the Polls events.

Mostly I don't understand all the scrutiny toward Florida and not other key states. For example, North Carolina began sending mail ballots nearly a month before Florida yet their return rate is markedly lower. Only 55% of Democratic ballots have been returned in North Carolina compared to 63% in Florida.

But North Carolina has had legal issues. I don't think there's any way of knowing how many ballots in either state have already arrived, but simply not in the system yet. Similar in Nevada where analysts are befuddled that the mail ballots seem to arrive in bunches. Some days Clark County reports huge number of mail ballots, other days nothing at all.

Too bad we can't all be like Iowa, where Democrats have already returned 85% of ballots, or South Carolina, where the overall return rate is 85%.