LixyChick,
I’m with you – sorta…
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Originally Posted by LixyChick
…let's not forget the votes that were tossed out or not counted due to "sufficient" numbers for the candidate to win that electorate vote! What I think this all boils down to is...if they ask people to come out and vote, and they come out in droves as they did in this election, all votes should be counted and used to decide…
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I checked the Ohio Secretary of State page for the presidential race,
http://election.sos.state.oh.us/res...ry.aspx?race=PP
and the vote count difference between the two candidates is greater than the total number of provisional ballots issued - at least as of this posting.
http://election.sos.state.oh.us/ProvBallots.htm
With that in mind, it does seem reasonable to declare the winner before all the provisional ballots are counted. Not that the provisional ballots should not be counted, just that even if they were all valid, and none were votes for President Bush, the results would remain unchanged. I suspect that the same is true in states like New York, California, and Pennsylvania, where, no matter how long it takes to count any and all provisional and absentee ballots, the state would still declare for Senator Kerry.
I checked the Iowa Secretary of State page for the presidential race,
http://www.sos.state.ia.us/pdfs/ele...nvasResults.pdf
and it appears to be provisional, not official.
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Originally Posted by LixyChick
I don't care for the electoral system as the final decision.
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There are many people who’ll agree with you on that one! As it will take an amendment to the Federal Constitution to change it, that will be a tough nut to crack.