Provisional Ballots
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/26/voter-id-laws-elections_n_1915571.html?utm_hp_ref=politics
Supposedly ballot counting this year is going to be more tedious due to the excessive amounts of provisional ballots due to new voting laws. Provisional ballots are for people who go to vote but live at a residency that they are not registered under, didn't bring the proper id, or went to the wrong polling place. They say that it could take days after Election Day for any results to finally make it through with a provisional ballot. There is fear that an election like the 2000 election may occur again where the winner, George Bush, wasn't announced until later. If the election is close this year it means that provisional votes will be taken very seriously.
posted by Anonymous @ 10:55 AM
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Interesting that in an election where tensions are so high, the problems due to counting the votes could arise again in the next national election.
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