2006-10-23 18:51:49 · 10 answers · asked by anhonestone 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Elections
I think overseas and absentee ballots are counted only if the race is close and knowing what those votes are will help determine the election.
If the race isn't close (say, Mr A has 100,000 votes and Ms B has 40,000 votes) and there's only 5,000 absentee and overseas ballots, well even if all of those were for Ms B, she'd still have no chance of winning, therefore the ballots would not be opened.
HTH! :-)
2006-10-23 18:53:47 · answer #1 · answered by I ♥ AUG 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Every ballot is counted including overseas ballots to determine the will of the people.
2006-10-24 01:53:32 · answer #2 · answered by FRAGINAL, JTM 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Work at the polls, they are counted....
as for the fiasco of people complaining that all votes were not counted in the last two presidential elections... interestingly enough democrats attempted to have many votes of our overseas military not acknowledged on technicalities.... such things could be found on pages 4-6 of the NY Times as opposed to mere accusations of the same party that made the front page....
2006-10-24 01:53:51 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
all ballots are counted regardless of their location. Hawaii maybe overseas, but they still constitute one electoral vote and their ballots are counted. Yet, because of their minor one electoral vote and being set apart from the mainland, the the presidential election is usually decided before all of their votes are counted. Nonetheless, their ballots and one electoral vote gets counted and recorded.
2006-10-24 02:01:08 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
hercspin had it right...democrats didn't want the overseas ballots counted because interestingly enough...a very large majority of the military votes Republican...one because they know Republicans support them while Democrats denounce them and two because Democrats would scale back the military and the folks would be out of a job and have their benifits cut back...
but to answer your question...most overseas ballots are tallied before any other ballots because they have to be mailed back by a certain date and that date is usually prior to the election itself
2006-10-24 02:02:09 · answer #5 · answered by Bonecrusher 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It is sad but true but last election most military in Iraq didn't even get to vote for Bush.. whom they supported... I had a family member in Iraq at that time and he didn't even get to vote.. so what a landslide it would have been if they could have voted.. but it didn't matter, Bush kicked Kerry'smuleface.. with a big TEXAS Boot... and said to his face So Long.
2006-10-24 02:02:02 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
That's what I heard! I still think we need a re-count in 2000 and 2004! Before we lost our Civil Rights!
2006-10-24 01:54:25 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
they are always counted
Except the Democrats have tried to block the military ballots as they know the military is primary Conservative and Republican.
2006-10-24 01:54:10 · answer #8 · answered by timberland1952 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Well, they're suppose to be counted regardless.
2006-10-24 01:53:44 · answer #9 · answered by David M 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
they are counted regardless . . . then thrown out . .
2006-10-24 01:53:19 · answer #10 · answered by a_blue_grey_mist 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋