Hey at least California has more Vanlords and more comfortable park camping

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same day results in the andes, but then, unlike california, they don’t accept mail-in ballots from dead llamas.

So there’s that.

From a comment on Silver’s post:

I try not to contradict Nate very often but there’s a perfectly valid reason why it takes so long to count votes in California. Here is a typical timeline:

Election Day: everyone votes

  • Week 1: mail in ballots, absentee ballots, military ballots, overseas ballots, ballots accidentally issued to people’s pets, and ballots harvested from Skid Row start trickling in.

  • Week 2: As the ballots pile up, Officials consider appointing a Committee to Count Ballots.

  • Week 3: Committee to Count Ballots is appointed and commences discussion on electing a chairman.

  • Week 4: deadline for ballots from illegal immigrants.

  • Week 5: Committee decides that “chairman” is an outdated term and will be replaced by a term to be decided later once the Committee to Count Ballots Diversity Consultants finishes their report.

  • Week 6: fraudulent ballots from the Chinese Communist Party arrive.

  • Week 7: The Committee elects as Chairzerxon a nonbinary disabled child to count the ballots.

  • Week 8: it is discovered that the Chairzerxon does not actually know how to count.

  • Week 9: the ballots are thrown away and the Committee announces election results that are entirely made up.

ChatGPD:

Examples of developing ("third world") countries that often report results quickly

India

  • National elections involve hundreds of millions of voters.

  • Voting occurs over multiple days/weeks, but once counting starts, results are usually known within a day.

  • Electronic voting machines allow rapid tabulation.

Brazil

  • Uses nationwide electronic voting.

  • Presidential election results are often clear within hours after polls close.

  • Frequently cited as one of the fastest large democracies.

Mexico

  • Preliminary results usually emerge on election night.

  • Official certification takes longer.

Indonesia

  • Massive archipelago and huge electorate.

  • Quick-count systems often project winners the same day.

  • Official results take longer but outcomes are often apparent quickly.

Philippines

  • Automated counting system.

  • National results are often substantially reported on election night.

European countries with very fast election reporting

United Kingdom

  • Paper ballots.

  • Votes counted overnight.

  • Most constituencies report by early morning.

  • General election outcome is often known within 6–8 hours.

France

  • National projections are usually available immediately after polls close.

  • Final outcome is often apparent the same evening.

Germany

  • Exit polls at poll closing are often highly accurate.

  • Preliminary official results emerge throughout the evening.

Sweden

  • Election-night results are generally available quickly.

  • Some absentee and overseas ballots are added later.

Netherlands

  • Most results known within hours.

  • Final certification follows later.