What shenanigans are at play with the house races?

It's Thursday morning. The election was over on Tuesday night. They have people in each state who's job it is to count ballots. They aren't supposed to do anything other than count them, and record the numbers they counted. Why can they not do that? The longer they wait, the more this looks like some funny things are afoot yet again.

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if you look at the map, the majority of uncalled races are in very blue areas. That's a strange coincidence. If there were no funny things going on with all this, we still need to find out where the breakdown is, and fix the problem. If the rest of the nation can count their ballots in a timely manner, these blue states should be restructured so they can as well. We aren't trying to solve world peace or hunger, just count the votes. Why do we accept incompetence?

a reply to: network dude

Democrats have already lost the White House and Senate, this is them trying to find a way to win a majority in Congress and hold on to some semblance of power. If it doesn't pass Congress, it doesn't get passed as a law, so they'll use it as a way to block everything Trump/Republicans comes up with.

a reply to: DAVID64

It's actually the other way around...if it doesn't pass the Senate (not the House) then it doesn't become law. Bills get created in the House, and then they go to the Senate for approval. After Senate approval Bills then go to the President for ratification and execution.

a reply to: network dude

There's absolutely no excuse for this delay. Same thing with the presidential counts in NV and AZ; no excuse. This is people playing games.

My theory is this...

Democrats are stalling the finalization in NV and AZ waiting to see if there will be a recount in PA. As of last night there were still 350,000 votes needing to be tallied in PA. The margin of victory there was 150,000. (I haven't checked the numbers this morning). Therefore, if PA flipped back to Harris, then NV and AZ would take Trump below 270 electoral votes. The math works out almost perfectly.

Just because Harris conceded doesn't mean it's over for the democrats (at least in their minds). If they can still pull off a steal, you can bet your last dollar they'll try to do it!

Update - I just checked PA, and there's still 112,000 votes waiting to be tallied. If the majority of those votes go for Harris, then the margin of victory for Trump will be less than 1% which will trigger a recount. If there's a recount, you can bet this is where the democrats will make the steal.

GAH! I just did another calculation and the margin of victory is already less than 1% even without the 112,000 votes. PA may wind up getting recounted. Trump's margin is only 133,158. (but I want to cross check this a couple other places).

I think we have some shenanigans here in MI.
Mike Rogers needs to ask for a recount.

Wed. morning on channel 6 news, they called it for Rogers (R).
Then that disappeared.
Then Yesterday afternoon, they called it for Slotkin.

Difference?
.3%

But I agree with you, no reason for them to be dragging their feet on the count. Except maybe they just don't want to admit they were beaten even worse than they thought?

a reply to: Flyingclaydisk

It's what I meant, you just explained it better. If it never makes it the Senate for approval, it's dead in the water and if the Dems control Congress, it'll never get to the Senate.

a reply to: chiefsmom

Certainly doesn't help having illegal votes in MI when races are close - enough to put a thumb on the scales - as if by design ..

Sen. Ruth Johnson identifies 35,000 potential noncitizen voter registrations in Michigan

“So far in 2024, there have been 34,535 individuals whose name, date of birth, and Social Security numbers do not match any record found in the Social Security database,” Johnson said. “That is a huge increase from previous years and very alarming to me. Far-left operatives have pushed for changes in our constitution and laws that allow for same-day registration with no ID and our clerks do not have the ability to check or verify citizenship.”

a reply to: DAVID64

Ah, okay, I got ya' now.

Just thought I'd offer that up.

NM is blue due to the fact Santa Fe and Albuquerque is so close to the massive populous Denver Blue city, With huge liberal populations. The rest of NM is red, with no chance. Close but no cigar this year.

NM is also an extremely poor state that relies on government handouts, with dispensary’s on every corner block keeping the people dumbed down.

AZ has hope, NM and CO zero.

a reply to: chiefsmom

Wouldn't surprise me in the least. MI and PA are the two places I'd expect to see the most corruption. Witnessed that stuff first hand on a daily basis when I was working in MI in the 2000's.

a reply to: 38181

Yeah, CO is lost. When you look at the demographic maps, the entire state is red except for the Denver / Aurora area and a small spot over on the western slope where Grand Junction is. Otherwise the whole rest of the State is red. Government here is badly screwed up. Denver being a sanctuary city makes it even worse.

We're gonna' bail out of Colorado in a couple years.

I beleive they are up to something regarding the House and even the remaining Senate seats. I think they focused their attention on those starting at about 12am Wednesday morning. Hopefully whatever deterrents the republicans had in place election day are still there and aren't leaving until the final vote is counted and the right person is named the winner.

a reply to: network dude

They still need to find the ballots in a car, at a church, in Hillary's closet, under a chair, at a homeless camp, in some guy's oven. Plus they need to squint juuuuust right to determine that the Republican vots were actually votes for democrats.

a reply to: billxam1

I think they're having a hard time figuring out how to pull it off with lawyers and poll watchers breathing down their necks this time around, so they're foot dragging and awaiting instructions from the boss, who has apparently gone radio silent.

originally posted by: Flyingclaydisk
a reply to: network dude

There's absolutely no excuse for this delay. Same thing with the presidential counts in NV and AZ; no excuse. This is people playing games.

My theory is this...

Democrats are stalling the finalization in NV and AZ waiting to see if there will be a recount in PA. As of last night there were still 350,000 votes needing to be tallied in PA. The margin of victory there was 150,000. (I haven't checked the numbers this morning). Therefore, if PA flipped back to Harris, then NV and AZ would take Trump below 270 electoral votes. The math works out almost perfectly.

Just because Harris conceded doesn't mean it's over for the democrats (at least in their minds). If they can still pull off a steal, you can bet your last dollar they'll try to do it!

Update - I just checked PA, and there's still 112,000 votes waiting to be tallied. If the majority of those votes go for Harris, then the margin of victory for Trump will be less than 1% which will trigger a recount. If there's a recount, you can bet this is where the democrats will make the steal.

GAH! I just did another calculation and the margin of victory is already less than 1% even without the 112,000 votes. PA may wind up getting recounted. Trump's margin is only 133,158. (but I want to cross check this a couple other places).

Even losing PA in a recount and Harris getting AZ and NV would have Trump at 276 to Harris 262.

originally posted by: billxam1
a reply to: network dude

They still need to find the ballots in a car, at a church, in Hillary's closet, under a chair, at a homeless camp, in some guy's oven. Plus they need to squint juuuuust right to determine that the Republican vots were actually votes for democrats.

You forgot by the photocopier 👍

It's not just why is it taking so long?

It's why is it taking so long for House races in states where the Senate counts are already done?

Senate is statewide. They need to count many more votes to find out who won that.

House races are only one district. It is way fewer votes to count to decide the House races.

originally posted by: Flyingclaydisk
a reply to: network dude

There's absolutely no excuse for this delay. Same thing with the presidential counts in NV and AZ; no excuse. This is people playing games.

My theory is this...

Democrats are stalling the finalization in NV and AZ waiting to see if there will be a recount in PA. As of last night there were still 350,000 votes needing to be tallied in PA. The margin of victory there was 150,000. (I haven't checked the numbers this morning). Therefore, if PA flipped back to Harris, then NV and AZ would take Trump below 270 electoral votes. The math works out almost perfectly.

Just because Harris conceded doesn't mean it's over for the democrats (at least in their minds). If they can still pull off a steal, you can bet your last dollar they'll try to do it!

Update - I just checked PA, and there's still 112,000 votes waiting to be tallied. If the majority of those votes go for Harris, then the margin of victory for Trump will be less than 1% which will trigger a recount. If there's a recount, you can bet this is where the democrats will make the steal.

GAH! I just did another calculation and the margin of victory is already less than 1% even without the 112,000 votes. PA may wind up getting recounted. Trump's margin is only 133,158. (but I want to cross check this a couple other places).

Doesn't matter...if Harris took Arizona, Nevada and somehow reverses Pa.....Trump is still at 276.

a reply to: peter_kandra

Yeah, depending on whose numbers you use.

Just remember, none of those electoral numbers are real yet. The Electoral College doesn't even meet until the 2nd week in December, so until then it's just an approximation. I was working off a conservative starting number of 295. I suspect you're probably using the 304 number. Either way, it ain't a done deal at this point.

a reply to: RickinVa

That number makes me feel better, but I'm more pessimistic when it comes to the number of ways the democrats can steal elections. Just look at 2020.

I genuinely hope I'm wrong and you are right. Honestly.