{"id":135153,"date":"2024-11-06T09:15:46","date_gmt":"2024-11-06T07:15:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/counting-all-the-votes-could-take-weeks-in-us\/"},"modified":"2024-11-06T09:15:46","modified_gmt":"2024-11-06T07:15:46","slug":"counting-all-the-votes-could-take-weeks-in-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/counting-all-the-votes-could-take-weeks-in-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Counting all the votes could take weeks in US"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mp_wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-message\">\n    <p>You are unauthorized to view this page.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mepr-login-form-wrap\">\n            \n<div class=\"mp_wrapper mp_login_form\">\n                  <!-- mp-login-form-start -->     <form name=\"mepr_loginform\" id=\"mepr_loginform\" class=\"mepr-form\" action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/login-2\/\" method=\"post\">\n            <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_username\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n                              <label for=\"user_login\">Username<\/label>\n        <\/div>\n        <input type=\"text\" name=\"log\" id=\"user_login\" value=\"\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_password\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n          <label for=\"user_pass\">Password<\/label>\n          <div class=\"mp-hide-pw\">\n            <input type=\"password\" name=\"pwd\" id=\"user_pass\" value=\"\" \/>\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"button mp-hide-pw hide-if-no-js\" data-toggle=\"0\" aria-label=\"Show password\">\n              <span class=\"dashicons dashicons-visibility\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            <div>\n        <label><input name=\"rememberme\" type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rememberme\" value=\"forever\" \/> Remember Me<\/label>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n      <div class=\"submit\">\n        <input type=\"submit\" name=\"wp-submit\" id=\"wp-submit\" class=\"button-primary mepr-share-button \" value=\"Log In\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"redirect_to\" value=\"\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135153\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_process_login_form\" value=\"true\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_is_login_page\" value=\"false\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/form>\n    <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n    <div class=\"mepr-login-actions\">\n        <a\n          href=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/login-2\/?action=forgot_password\"\n          title=\"Click here to reset your password\"\n        >\n          Forgot Password        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n      \n    <!-- mp-login-form-end --> \n  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"smart_content_wrapper\">\n<p>As is customary in democratic elections worldwide, votes are only counted once the polling stations have closed. At his last campaign rally, in the early morning hours of Tuesday, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump raised unrealistic expectations regarding the speed of counting. &#8220;We want the answer tonight,&#8221; he said, ignoring the fact that it is not uncommon for the official results in some states to come days, even weeks, after Election Day.<\/p>\n<p>Delays can be caused, for example, by the amount of time it takes to count mail ballots. In the swing states of Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, these can only be processed after polling stations have closed. In most other states, envelopes might be opened before and signatures checked in order to speed up the counting process. Hundreds of thousands of poll workers have been deployed across the country. There is a minimum age of 18 in most states and of 16 in exceptional cases. Generally, poll workers have to be eligible to vote themselves. In some states, they have to have a party affiliation.<\/p>\n<p>As a rule, ballots cast at polling stations are counted first and then come the postal votes. Since Democrats and their supporters are much more likely to vote by mail than Republicans, there can be major changes during the counting process. Some talk of &#8220;red mirage&#8221; when a Republican lead turns into a loss.<\/p>\n<p>In most states, optical scanners are used to count ballots as they are considered faster, cheaper and more accurate than humans. Other special devices might also be used to mark ballots and record information. There are also computer systems that can record votes and print them out after voting has ended. Local electoral boards use information about voting to pass on unofficial results. Depending on states, however, there might have to be recounts.<\/p>\n<p>Since this year&#8217;s election is so close, recounts could be particularly significant. In the crucial swing state of Pennsylvania, the law allows for a second recount if the margin between two candidates is within 0.5%. Some states also provide for a recount if candidates, courts or a specified number of voters request one.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/votes-are-cast-by-election-day-counting-can-take-weeks\/a-70703140\">Read more&gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/votes-are-cast-by-election-day-counting-can-take-weeks\/a-70703140\">DW<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/vaufien\/counting-all-the-votes-could-take-weeks-in-us\/\">Counting all the votes could take weeks in US<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\">Vastuullisuusuutiset.fi<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[16829,574,606,607,608,16830],"class_list":["post-135153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-counting","tag-us","tag-vau_viikkokatsaus","tag-vauen","tag-vaufien","tag-votes"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135153"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135153\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}