Tony Bark@pawb.social to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 hours agoTIL the "red mirage" is an observed phenomenon when the overall in-person vote count leans to one party, while provisional votes or absentee ballots, often counted later, lean towards the otheren.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square15linkfedilinkarrow-up193arrow-down14cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up189arrow-down1external-linkTIL the "red mirage" is an observed phenomenon when the overall in-person vote count leans to one party, while provisional votes or absentee ballots, often counted later, lean towards the otheren.wikipedia.orgTony Bark@pawb.social to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 hours agomessage-square15linkfedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareshittydwarf@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down2·11 hours agoPeople from red states can’t read and write which makes it impossible to vote by mail
minus-squareadarza@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·11 hours agoranked choice ballots could fail them spectacularly because i can see a lot of them refusing to put anything down next to a name that isn’t ‘their guy’
minus-squareFinjaminPoach@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·11 hours agoIs that not allowed? If it’s allowed, that’s the system working as intended, even if it means they’re wasting their secondary choice vote.
People from red states can’t read and write which makes it impossible to vote by mail
ranked choice ballots could fail them spectacularly because i can see a lot of them refusing to put anything down next to a name that isn’t ‘their guy’
Is that not allowed? If it’s allowed, that’s the system working as intended, even if it means they’re wasting their secondary choice vote.