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Heard of this happening a lot this time around. Not blaming the clerks because they have basically been instructed to more heavily scrutinize but at the same time it's a silly system. How many people actually sign their name the exact same way every time? Or what about people who change it if they get married and simply haven't updated it yet on their DL or other ID? It all feels very third world to me sometimes.
We do this in the UK for postal votes alongside DOBs. We usually ask people to update every 3 years. It’s usually successful but we do reject some and sometimes couples sign each other by mistake.
 
I still don't know what to do without the NYT Needle. It had become the only tool I really trusted to be analytically interpreting the incoming results. Does anyone have a next best (better?) thing?
 
I still don't know what to do without the NYT Needle. It had become the only tool I really trusted to be analytically interpreting the incoming results. Does anyone have a next best (better?) thing?
Yeah, same here - I miss that thing. However, it screwed us all over in 2016.

Why did they abandon it? Too unreliable?
 
1 minute to exit polls….

Probably after the commercials though
 
Vance and Musk both sending out call to action go-vote tweets within minutes of each other. They know it's going badly.
 
Yeah, same here - I miss that thing. However, it screwed us all over in 2016.

Why did they abandon it? Too unreliable?
It didn't screw us in 2016, it was actually one of the first tools showing that the votes coming in were significantly better for trump than expected. It was brutal to watch it, but it did it's job.

The issue this year is that the NYT tech workers are on strike, so the paper isn't confident that they'll be good to run the needle live in terms of robustness/security of their tech infrastructure. The model is good to go in theory.
 
Apologies if wrong, I just googled and found several sites saying this
La casera or other spanish "gaseosa" brands is key, but you dont have that elsewhere. So substitution like lemon/lime soda club, 7up or sprite might do the trick. Certainly not fanta lemon as per tinto de verano. But hey, if it tastes good, who cares
 
Just seen a video of Mahomes mum dancing around in a MAGA hat.

Unbelievable how dumb people can be.
 
votes getting rejected for being unable to sign your name is a bad sign for trump
 
Can people stop posting shit like this without some news or a source? I can't keep getting excited and depressed based on absolutely nothing but an uninformed hunch.

I agree we should stop with the Doom mongering, nevertheless we should all also try to relax and just wait for now. Alea jacta est. Either Trump is done for good or we are all crazy and should go join the great Hannibal Lecter in an assylum. No matter what, we will finally know.
 
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