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Why are states forbidding counting of mail-in ballots until after in-person voting is complete?

Asked by crazyguy (3207points) September 30th, 2020

With millions of mail-in ballots requiring special handling, you would think that state election commissions would do everything in their power to ease the burden. Instead, what most states have done is imposed a requirement that mail-in ballots cannot be counted until after polls have closed.

Do you see any reason why we have this requirement, other than the fear that the results would leak?

If we are truly worried about results leaking, should we disallow any ballots being received after counting begins?

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