It’s five full days (about 120 hours) after the Election 2024 Nakba. The folks in California who say that they know how governments should operate have counted 72 percent of their presidential ballots (New York Times):
Let’s compare this to the numbers in Power restoration after Hurricane Milton. Recall that Milton was a Category 3 storm that hit Sarasota, St. Pete, and Tampa, knocking out power to 4 million “customers” (a household of 3 people would be just one customer). I didn’t stay organized to capture a number for how many were still out exactly five days after the hurricane made landfall, but four days afterward roughly 500,000 customers were still out, which means that more than 87 percent had been restored. Six days following landfall, roughly 190,000 customers were out from the original 4 million affected.
So.. Ron DeSantis-led Florida restored power after a Category 3 hurricane at a much faster pace than California has been able to count votes. (Florida also did count votes, but there aren’t any interesting statistics from that process because it took just a few hours.)
Which natural disaster was the most severe? Milton, Helene, or Donald? Q.E.D.
The Calif* government is very efficient at cashing tax payments & computing underpaid taxes.
Is the delay in California due to the inefficiency of the post office? I think California mail in ballots only have to be postmarked by election day which means that they officially have to wait the 5 business days for 1st class postage to arrive.
According to ChatGPT: “In California, for the November 5, 2024, General Election, mail-in ballots must be postmarked on or before Election Day and received by your county elections office no later than November 12, 2024.
This means that as long as your ballot is postmarked by November 5 and arrives by November 12, it will be counted. To ensure timely delivery, it’s advisable to mail your ballot well before Election Day.
So you’re saying the Post Office can disenfranchise millions by failing to deliver ballots on time?
Great system ya got there. Would be terrible if anything happened to disrupt it.
If mail-in ballots are the explanation how is there a percentage displayed at all? How would anyone other than God know how many ballots were placed in the mail?
California’s population is over 38 million, and according to recent data, about 83% of the population vote, totaling roughly 31 million potential voters.
The official California government website [1] reports that 7,719,218 ballots were cast by mail for 2024 election, which represents about 20% of these voters.
So, even if all 7,719,218 ballots were mailed on November 5th, the outstanding count should not exceed 20% six days post-election. However, the count still sits at 28%, why?
This delay can’t be attributed to the postal service or mail-in ballots.
[1] https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/historical-absentee
George: There could be another few million mail-in ballots found today or tomorrow. “The state is one of a handful nationwide where every registered, active voter is mailed a ballot. Mail-in ballots take longer to process than those cast in person.” says https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/11/us/california-ballot-count-house-election.html
(i.e., there are a huge number of loose usable ballots in circulation)
I assume that they know how many mail in ballots that they sent out so they could be reporting a % counted using a formula such as (mail in ballots received + in person votes) / (mail n ballots sent + in person votes). Once they hit the 11/12/2024 deadline they simply certify with whatever mail in ballots that they have received.
It’s a feature not a bug.