1. Why don't all polls close at exactly the same time?
In other states, votes are called in by telephone or driven to a central counting location in designated poll workers’ cars.
2. What do poll workers at each site have to do once voting is complete in order for votes to be counted?
After the polls close: make sure there aren’t extra ballots (or missing ballots)
3. In what ways are the actual vote counts delivered from actual polling places to the central location of election administration?
In other states, votes are called in by telephone or driven to a central counting location in designated poll workers’ cars.
4. Why might the votes come in slower from rural areas?
. But those locations, particularly in rural areas, might be far from the county seat or official headquarters, which can slow down and complicate the vote tabulation process.
5. Why might journalists be the first source of election results in some states but not in all states?
In those cases, journalists are typically the first source for results. The Associated Press, for example, has journalists station themselves at county elections boards or call county officials for numbers, which they report back to the AP’s elections center.
6. Why may absentee ballots slow the official election results?
Final vote tallies can shift between the election night count and the certified results — though usually not drastically. Sometimes that’s due to provisional or military or absentee ballots being added to the count.
7. What are provisional ballots?
Provisional ballots are essentially “just in case” votes; ballots are distributed if someone shows up to vote and his or her name doesn’t appear on the voter rolls, or the incorrect information is listed, or for some reason it looks like that person already voted.
8. Why are the official results made public much later than when the election is "called"?
This can hold up the election results, and the winner might not be known for days or even weeks as ballots are returned to places with more forgiving policies.
9. Why was the speed of getting election results emphasized during the Progressive Era?
A fast count also assures the public that the system is working. Foley said that starting with the Progressive Era at the turn of the 20th century, speed was seen as a deterrent to fraud — the faster the votes were counted, the less time there was for shenanigans.
In other states, votes are called in by telephone or driven to a central counting location in designated poll workers’ cars.
2. What do poll workers at each site have to do once voting is complete in order for votes to be counted?
After the polls close: make sure there aren’t extra ballots (or missing ballots)
3. In what ways are the actual vote counts delivered from actual polling places to the central location of election administration?
In other states, votes are called in by telephone or driven to a central counting location in designated poll workers’ cars.
4. Why might the votes come in slower from rural areas?
. But those locations, particularly in rural areas, might be far from the county seat or official headquarters, which can slow down and complicate the vote tabulation process.
5. Why might journalists be the first source of election results in some states but not in all states?
In those cases, journalists are typically the first source for results. The Associated Press, for example, has journalists station themselves at county elections boards or call county officials for numbers, which they report back to the AP’s elections center.
6. Why may absentee ballots slow the official election results?
Final vote tallies can shift between the election night count and the certified results — though usually not drastically. Sometimes that’s due to provisional or military or absentee ballots being added to the count.
7. What are provisional ballots?
Provisional ballots are essentially “just in case” votes; ballots are distributed if someone shows up to vote and his or her name doesn’t appear on the voter rolls, or the incorrect information is listed, or for some reason it looks like that person already voted.
8. Why are the official results made public much later than when the election is "called"?
This can hold up the election results, and the winner might not be known for days or even weeks as ballots are returned to places with more forgiving policies.
9. Why was the speed of getting election results emphasized during the Progressive Era?
A fast count also assures the public that the system is working. Foley said that starting with the Progressive Era at the turn of the 20th century, speed was seen as a deterrent to fraud — the faster the votes were counted, the less time there was for shenanigans.
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