Something That I Have Never Understood About US Elections...

Why does it take so fucking long to get the results?

I mean shit, even using computerized counting methods, it takes way longer than pretty much every other non third-world country.

In Canada and the UK, and most of Europe, whole still for the most part use pencil and paper, the election results, from the entire country, are 'finalized' within a couple of hours of the last polling station closing, yet here we are, a day after the elction and some states are still calculating who 'won'.

Regards,

Lee

because america is spread in 4 time zones and polls close at different times? :)
or
damn media wanted to rake in the ad money and stretched ;)

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Originally Posted by jIgG

because america is spread in 4 time zones and polls close at different times? :)

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So is Canada though and they still manage to get the results in about an hour after the last polls close ;)

Regards,

Lee

I'd make a wild guess that the Canadian elections system was probably developed by or in cooperation with the national Canadian government, rather than corrupt commercial companies with incompatible and insecure systems... well, and... our government has, as far as I know, never been noted for doing anything particularly efficiently :)