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Post by aj2hall on Nov 9, 2022 5:37:51 GMT
12:30 am on the East Coast so I'm headed to bed. Not sure if we'll know who has control of the house and/ or Senate in the morning.
Kari Lake sounds like she's going to cause trouble if she loses.
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Post by mom on Nov 9, 2022 5:39:36 GMT
ABC is saying Republicans are 11 from taking House.
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Post by mom on Nov 9, 2022 5:40:34 GMT
What's going on with Kevin McCarthy? I guess he was supposed to give a speech awhile ago, and it keeps getting pushed back and no one knows why.
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Post by samantha25 on Nov 9, 2022 5:41:07 GMT
All 4 of the voting age people in my house voted for Bennett, so happy to see that result. Boebert is not my district rep, thank goodness, but ecstatic to see her losing. Our Colorado incumbent Democratic governor, won handily. Yay Colorado! As an independent, I pretty much voted the blue party line this year. Colorado seems to be staying purple this election. I was so happy to see Bobert losing. So. Damn. Happy. Let's hope it stays that way. I didn't think Polis would have a problem with the views Ganahl (?) had with women's rights. ETA: They still have her predicted to win though. yes, unfortunately. I roughly added up the numbers and it seems like she could win (depends on Pueblo and Mesa counties)- but the prediction was that it wasn't supposed to be a close race, but it was. People are responding. |
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Post by leftturnonly on Nov 9, 2022 5:46:48 GMT
And thankfully, so far, no major or widespread problems with the elections. Maricopa County in Arizona voting has been an utter failure. 20% of voting locations had major tabulator problems. Hundreds of thousands of people came out to vote and many were told that they wouldn't be allowed to vote in person which is a direct violation of law. The woman in charge, the secretary of state, is on the ballot for governor. She refused all opportunities for an open debate with her opponent, and only provided enough ballots for the Republican primary to last the first hour of voting. |
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Post by leftturnonly on Nov 9, 2022 5:48:26 GMT
ABC is saying Republicans are 11 from taking House. Republicans will take the House easily. A few Republican seats have flipped, but many more Democrat seats have flipped than that. ETA - The Senate will be in Republican hands as well. |
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Post by samantha25 on Nov 9, 2022 5:58:43 GMT
And thankfully, so far, no major or widespread problems with the elections. Maricopa County in Arizona voting has been an utter failure. 20% of voting locations had major tabulator problems. Hundreds of thousands of people came out to vote and many were told that they wouldn't be allowed to vote in person which is a direct violation of law. The woman in charge, the secretary of state, is on the ballot for governor. She refused all opportunities for an open debate with her opponent, and only provided enough ballots for the Republican primary to last the first hour of voting. I'd like to see your evidence of these claims. Can you link a source? |
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Post by bc2ca on Nov 9, 2022 6:01:50 GMT
What's going on with Kevin McCarthy? I guess he was supposed to give a speech awhile ago, and it keeps getting pushed back and no one knows why. I think every one knows why it is being pushed back. There is no way he can declare a red wave and GOP control of the House at this point. |
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Post by Skellinton on Nov 9, 2022 6:03:31 GMT
Maricopa County in Arizona voting has been an utter failure. 20% of voting locations had major tabulator problems. Hundreds of thousands of people came out to vote and many were told that they wouldn't be allowed to vote in person which is a direct violation of law. The woman in charge, the secretary of state, is on the ballot for governor. She refused all opportunities for an open debate with her opponent, and only provided enough ballots for the Republican primary to last the first hour of voting. I'd like to see your evidence of these claims. Can you link a source? 🤣🤣🤣 |
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Post by samantha25 on Nov 9, 2022 6:03:52 GMT
ABC is saying Republicans are 11 from taking House. Republicans will take the House easily. A few Republican seats have flipped, but many more Democrat seats have flipped than that. ETA - The Senate will be in Republican hands as well. Would love another source of this, too? The seats from the Republicans have been won by re-districting and expected. 4 from Florida and 1 from Georgia, that's five. Where's the rest as you say taken easily? What cowards. Can only win by gerrymandering. Can you list other Republican wins on their merit? |
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Post by mom on Nov 9, 2022 6:14:50 GMT
CNN is calling it - Fetterman in PA.
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Post by samantha25 on Nov 9, 2022 6:18:45 GMT
And thankfully, so far, no major or widespread problems with the elections. Maricopa County in Arizona voting has been an utter failure. 20% of voting locations had major tabulator problems. Hundreds of thousands of people came out to vote and many were told that they wouldn't be allowed to vote in person which is a direct violation of law. The woman in charge, the secretary of state, is on the ballot for governor. She refused all opportunities for an open debate with her opponent, and only provided enough ballots for the Republican primary to last the first hour of voting. And exactly this. I don't agree that it was hundreds of thousands of people: PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5/AP) -- Despite long lines and tabulation issues across the Valley, nearly a quarter of a million people in Maricopa County voted in person on Election Day, officials said on Tuesday night. “People were not denied the right to vote,” Maricopa County Board of Supervisors Chairman Bill Gates told reporters. Election Day in Arizona’s most populous county wasn’t without its problems. At 60 of the 223 voter centers, there were tabulations issues, and some machines were rejecting ballots. Some printers weren’t producing dark enough timing marks on the ballots. “This was a surprise to everyone,” Gates said. The solution was discovered around 2 p.m., and technicians reportedly fixed all the machines by the time the polls closed. If the ballot wasn’t going through the tabulator, voters had the option of putting it in the secure drop box, or they could check out of the polling place and go to the other 222 voting locations around the county, Gates said. The issue affected an unknown number of ballots in the county. TRENDING: Maricopa County judge denies GOP lawsuit to extend poll hours, delay voting numbers Some voters also had to wait hours to cast their ballots at polling places because only one of two tabulators were working, with aerial video showing lines wrapped around buildings in the Phoenix area. “We’d like to apologize to voters who were inconvenienced by some of the things that occurred today,” Gates said. “No one was disenfranchised today.” |
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Post by seaexplore on Nov 9, 2022 6:22:55 GMT
My red county in blue California had CRAZY lines to vote in person when I went to drop mine and mY husbands ballots off. I’ve never seen lines like that! And it was rainy and cold here. Results are going to be interesting in the morning.
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Post by StephDRebel on Nov 9, 2022 6:33:40 GMT
I am so disgusted with Ohio right now. Vance? Wtf
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Post by mollycoddle on Nov 9, 2022 6:56:34 GMT
I am so disgusted with Ohio right now. Vance? Wtf Me too. Ohio likes the smell of bullshit. |
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Post by aj2hall on Nov 9, 2022 11:17:27 GMT
Republicans will take the House easily. A few Republican seats have flipped, but many more Democrat seats have flipped than that. ETA - The Senate will be in Republican hands as well. Would love another source of this, too? The seats from the Republicans have been won by re-districting and expected. 4 from Florida and 1 from Georgia, that's five. Where's the rest as you say taken easily? What cowards. Can only win by gerrymandering. Can you list other Republican wins on their merit? Both the Senate and the House are undecided. Republicans may ultimately one or both but not easily. And “many seats” have not flipped. There has not been a red wave. Democrats have held their own and done better than expected. In the Senate, the Democrats flipped a seat in Pennsylvania. www.washingtonpost.comwww.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/11/08/election-live-results-updates-2022/ |
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Post by aj2hall on Nov 9, 2022 11:20:23 GMT
Maricopa County in Arizona voting has been an utter failure. 20% of voting locations had major tabulator problems. Hundreds of thousands of people came out to vote and many were told that they wouldn't be allowed to vote in person which is a direct violation of law. The woman in charge, the secretary of state, is on the ballot for governor. She refused all opportunities for an open debate with her opponent, and only provided enough ballots for the Republican primary to last the first hour of voting. I'd like to see your evidence of these claims. Can you link a source? Exactly this. www.npr.org/2022/11/09/1135423211/voting-uneventful-election-day-2022In an election that had experts worried about vigilante poll monitors and the potential for danger for election workers, voting on Election Day seems to have gone off without any major incidents.
That is — no incidents that rise above the normal snafus and mistakes that come with every major federal election.
The highest profile of those issues may have been in Maricopa County, Ariz., where a printer issue meant roughly 20% of ballot counters were unusable early in the day.
County officials said the problem was fixed a few hours later, but many on the far-right rushed to point to the incident as further evidence of an election conspiracy, in a place that has become the epicenter of election denialism over the past few years. But election experts and federal officials were quick to rebut those claims.
"Whenever over 100 million people do something, something will go wrong. That is human nature. It does not mean there is a conspiracy," tweeted Michael McDonald, a political science professor at the University of Florida. |
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Post by hop2 on Nov 9, 2022 11:28:04 GMT
MSNBC calls NY for incumbent Governor Hochul 👍🏼🙌🏼💙 I’m happy but my sister will be angry. Lol maybe it will keep her quiet for a bit. |
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Post by casii on Nov 9, 2022 11:28:08 GMT
Looks like there was no massive red wave. Maybe a red piddle?
But it will be days before it all shakes out, especially with election deniers who lost throwing fits. Funny how election deniers who won are secure in their victory.
Young voters need some credit for holding back a red wave. Without them, it would look a lot different this morning.
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Post by hop2 on Nov 9, 2022 11:33:01 GMT
CNN is calling it - Fetterman in PA. And, thankfully, Shapiro for Governor. Mastriano’s whole platform was replacing the Secretary of the commonwealth who controls voting & blocking Philadelphia & Philadelphia county votes in 2024. |
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Post by mollycoddle on Nov 9, 2022 11:36:51 GMT
Looks like there was no massive red wave. Maybe a red piddle? But it will be days before it all shakes out, especially with election deniers who lost throwing fits. Funny how election deniers who won are secure in their victory. Young voters need some credit for holding back a red wave. Without them, it would look a lot different this morning. Gen Z did their job. 👍🏻👏🏻 |
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Post by bratkar on Nov 9, 2022 11:37:57 GMT
I am so disgusted with Ohio right now. Vance? Wtf Girl!!!!! Same, just can't believe he won, seriously I question my neighbors in this state. So much disappointment in a lot of the elections here tonight. |
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Post by hop2 on Nov 9, 2022 11:49:23 GMT
And yet Georgia still re-elected MTG. Which tells me her district is as openly bigoted as she is and/or as equally detached from reality.
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Post by iamkristinl16 on Nov 9, 2022 12:13:13 GMT
I just don't understand why all states aren't vote by mail. I mean, I do, because the Republicans are against it, but it is insane. It should not be that hard for people to cast their legal votes. Or have more precincts. I live in a fairly small town with several precincts. I have never had to wait more than a few people. |
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Post by peasapie on Nov 9, 2022 12:20:30 GMT
I expected a red wave. That didn’t happen. So glad.
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Post by monklady123 on Nov 9, 2022 12:29:02 GMT
I expected a red wave. That didn’t happen. So glad. So did the Republicans! hahahaha Apparently that slime McCarthy had a big party planned for last night to celebrate the red wave. The party didn't happen. bwah ha ha ha -- Yeah, I'm petty like that. lol  |
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Post by peasapie on Nov 9, 2022 12:36:23 GMT
I expected a red wave. That didn’t happen. So glad. So did the Republicans! hahahaha Apparently that slime McCarthy had a big party planned for last night to celebrate the red wave. The party didn't happen. bwah ha ha ha -- Yeah, I'm petty like that. lol Yup. And it looks like the election deniers were soundly defeated. Thank God people in this country still believe in the sanctity of the vote. |
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Post by iluvpink on Nov 9, 2022 12:41:48 GMT
Looks like there was no massive red wave. Maybe a red piddle? But it will be days before it all shakes out, especially with election deniers who lost throwing fits. Funny how election deniers who won are secure in their victory. Young voters need some credit for holding back a red wave. Without them, it would look a lot different this morning. Gen Z did their job. 👍🏻👏🏻 I saw them in action yesterday, so many students lined up to vote in Ann Arbor. I was so proud of those kids. The lines were long but they were there. |
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Post by hop2 on Nov 9, 2022 12:52:51 GMT
So did the Republicans! hahahaha Apparently that slime McCarthy had a big party planned for last night to celebrate the red wave. The party didn't happen. bwah ha ha ha -- Yeah, I'm petty like that. lol Yup. And it looks like the election deniers were soundly defeated. Thank God people in this country still believe in the sanctity of the vote. We are not out of the woods yet. It’s not like yesterday was decisive. Still too many people actively living in denial |
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Post by aj2hall on Nov 9, 2022 13:06:04 GMT
www.nytimes.com/2022/11/09/us/election-day-voting-polls.htmlWhile there were reports of delays, glitches and disinformation in some key swing states — Arizona in particular — that could loom larger as vote counting plays out, few of the major disruptions that had been feared came to pass on Election Day.
But far-right media figures and Republican politicians seized upon even the limited issues and typical problems that occurred to sow doubt about the legitimacy of the vote.
In Arizona, for example, officials in Maricopa County — a hive of false election fraud conspiracies in 2020 — announced that tabulator machines at roughly 20 percent of voting centers had malfunctioned but said that they were confident that all votes would be counted, albeit with delays.
Even though an election official in Maricopa described the problem as “a technical issue,” it was leading Republicans such as Kari Lake, the party’s candidate for governor, and former President Donald J. Trump, who suggested the malfunctioning machines were part of a plot to suppress conservative votes.
Officials in Maricopa County said that the problems with the ballot tabulation machines were largely related to valid ballots being rejected or to machines failing to read ballots successfully on the first try. About 60 the county’s 223 voting centers had reported trouble with the machines.
Bill Gates, chairman of the Maricopa County board of supervisors, and Stephen Richer, the county recorder, both Republicans, said the problems were disappointing but that voters could still cast ballots and that nobody was being denied a voice in the election.
“None of this indicates any fraud,” Mr. Gates said. “This is a technical issue.”
Nonetheless, several prominent right-wing figures claimed on social media that problems at voting sites would disproportionately affect Republicans, who have recently preferred voting in person because of a distrust of mail-in ballots.
Ms. Lake, who has frequently sown doubts about election integrity, reposted a video on her Twitter account showing a poll worker in Maricopa telling voters that one of the ballot tabulators was not working and that another was misreading about 25 percent of ballots.
“THIS is why we must reform our elections,” Ms. Lake wrote in a post accompanying the video.
Her lawyer, Harmeet Dhillon, who also works with Mr. Trump, announced on Tuesday night that she had filed a lawsuit against Mr. Richer and other Maricopa elections officials, claiming that several voters in the county had been “unlawfully induced by poll workers to discard their ballots or otherwise forfeit their opportunity to cast a legally sufficient vote.” The Republican National Committee also announced on Tuesday night that it had filed suit seeking to extend voting hours in Maricopa County due to tabulation glitches, but a federal judge hearing the case denied the emergency request.
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