Sunday thread on election results & #Election2020 #2020Elections

1. It is not new that election results are not final on election night. There is a certification process, provisional ballots to process, audits, & extra time for military & overseas ballots to be counted.

2. The desire to call an election to make the 10 pm news on the east coast has always been a problem & ignores a giant portion of the population still voting in western states & completely ignores AK & HI who have hours left. Let voters vote without being influenced by the news.

3. We will have more paper ballots & advanced auditing techniques like risk- limiting audits require specific modifications to ballot processing which can add time to process ballots (which is good, by the way).

4. Outdated policies in states like MI, PA, WI, NY, MD, AL do not allow the advancing processing (not tallying) of mail ballots which adds time, stress, resources, & cost to Election Day & is the reason for delayed results. Processing in advance helps & legislatures need to act.

5. Finally, politicians: stop politicizing & underfunding elections.

Election admin is about delivering a fair, accessible, secure, transparent, reliable & safe voting experience for all.

It is about who votes, not who wins. All voters deserve an awesome voting experience.