"I want to be clear that elections have never been called on election night,"

[EleanorR]

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[Blue Owl]

1. K&R

[Cha]

2. Rt.. TY!

[unblock]

3. Point is valid, even if the facts say otherwise.

They called it for Reagan in 1984 minutes after the polls closed on the east coast, even before the polls closed in most of the country. They're more careful about that now.

But yeah, the important thing is a correct count, not a hasty count.

[DesertRat]

4. Unless it's abundantly clear who has the votes

I'll never forget the celebration we had at our house the night Obama won in 2008.

[russiamommy]

8. How sweet that night was!

I lived in DC at the time. The inauguration was epic. I had relatives in town for it. A whole group of us went downtown several days for the concerts, parties, etc. and of course the inauguration itself. Good times. Would be doing the same this year if it weren’t for Covid. 😒. (Yes, I believe Biden is going to win. 😃

[Sanity Claws]

5. The Constitution calls for election on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November

But it also provided for an inauguration in March, 5 months later. (Inauguration was changed to January 20 by the 20th Amendment.) This clearly shows that the original framers of the Constitution did NOT think counting and tallying the votes did not end on election day. If they did, they never would have set the inauguration 5 months after the election.

Let's see how the originalists on the Supreme Court handle that, if Fat Nixon tries to get the court to stop counting the votes on election day.

[central scrutinizer]

6. Measure twice, cut once

Accuracy is important, not speed. Fuck the pundits who are racing to call races.

[Codeine]

7. People confuse the media calling an election

for the actual outcome. Most elections aren’t certified for several weeks.

[beachbumbob]

9. In what world I remember 1972, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1996

Very distinctly being called.