It is absolutely disgusting that the mainstream media call an election

[coalition_unwilling]

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while the polls are still open. It is friggin' obscene. Calling an election while people are still standing in line to vote desecrates the memories of those who died for us to be able to vote. And it should be against the law for any company using the public airwaves to do so.

Hearing reports that NBC called the election while the polls were still open in Milwaukee and people still lined up to vote.

My post has nothing to do with the fascist who 'won' in Wisconsin tonight. My post has to do with the soul of 'one man, one vote.'

[snacker]

1. And news reporters on the scene were telling those people

that the election was over. Shameful.

[Speck Tater]

2. A good point, which...

... nobody here would have cared about if we had won.

(Damn those grapes are sour!)

[coalition_unwilling]

8. You know, you may have something there. But it just infuriates me when

I hear stories of the effective disenfranchisement of voters by an irresponsible media. But you're right, I probly would not have gotten in such high dudgeon had NBC called it for Barrett. At least not tonight.

[DJ13]

3. Any bets they wouldnt have called it so early if the Republican was behind?

[Indydem]

4. People being in line =/= polls open.

[coalition_unwilling]

9. Not following. Are you saying people were standing in line to vote and that

the polls had closed without their being able to vote?

Color me confused.

[robinlynne]

11. no Indy is saying no new people could come out and vote after 8PM. Those in line were already

decided.

[shcrane71]

5. Every link I had opened had < 10% of precinct's results when NBC called it.

How'd they know? Guess we don't need to actually count votes, or spend tax money on voting machines, or take time off from work to vote. All we need to do is watch TV. That'll tell us who wins democratic elections.

[TheWraith]

6. The polls were NOT still open.

The polls had closed more than an hour beforehand.

[coalition_unwilling]

7. I'm sorry. Maybe I misunderstood. I was reading that NBC was calling

tbe election for Walker while the polls in Milwaukee were still open and people were still standing in line to vote.

Was this untrue?

If so, I stand prepared to delete this OP (or to apologize to DU or whatever you do when you screw up.)

[TheWraith]

10. People who were in line at 8 local time when the polls closed could still vote.

Reportedly, in some precincts this took until almost 10 PM local time (11 Eastern). However, the polls were closed for at least an hour before NBC called it, and no new voters could have shown up at the polls since then.

[coalition_unwilling]

12. Hmm, sounds like I may have worked myself into a state of high moral

dudgeon over something less than what I wrote originally.

Something still bothers me about the MSM calling a race before all votes have been cast and it sounds like this did happen. Still, it sounds like the polls were technically 'closed' before NBC called the race.

I appreciate your taking the time to correct my misleading OP. Should I just let the thread die a natural death or delete it? I'm unclear on DU etiquette in such matters.

[Dokkie]

13. if you think that is bad

wait till you see this.

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The network are calling elections with only 1% of the votes counted and this is determined by using exit polls conducted only with 2381. It is all rigged