The Coalition of Bay Area Election Officials on Monday reminded election watchers that it takes time to count all votes, and counties have 28 days to complete the official canvass of an election.
The coalition said there are many steps that must be completed to ensure the integrity of the election and that the canvass accomplishes critical tasks, such as ensuring every eligible ballot is counted, that voters only voted once, that proper procedures were followed on Election Day, and that the vote tabulation system is properly counting ballots.
“Processing vote by mail ballots takes time,” the coalition said in a statement. “Each signature is verified prior to preparing the ballot for counting. Vote by mail ballots postmarked on or before Election Day and received up to seven days after Election Day must go through this process as well.”
“Canvassing votes involves more than just scanning ballots and tallying results,” said Contra Costa County Clerk-Recorder and Registrar of Voters Kristin B. Connelly in a statement. “There are many steps to ensure that ballots are counted properly, the equipment is counting correctly, and the integrity of the election is intact.”
During the canvass, voting records are updated based on whether a registered voter voted by mail or in person.
The number of voters is reconciled with the number of ballots cast for each voting location, which is a critical step in ensuring all ballots are accounted for from each voting location.
A statewide voter registration database linking up all 58 counties helps staff ensure voters only voted once.
Counties must conduct audits of the ballot counting system with a one-percent manual tally, which involves randomly selecting at least one percent of the precincts of ballots cast in person, as well as vote by mail ballots. Then election officials manually count each set of ballots, then compare them to the machine count results.
It takes time to rig elections and cover their tracks. That’s why they have to remind you. Yeah we know. Most secure elections ever. They put so much effort in trying to reassure you they would let someone they don’t control win. Ok sure
Exactly why anyone would vote for what we have is beyond me.
It never used too. We knew by the end of the night or the very next morning who won. Why does it take so long now? Hmmm
T(rump)’s gotta go 🐑💩
Yeah,,,, he’s gotta go!
He’ll shut down the border and end the crisis!
He’ll get the government out of the way and allow the oil industry to produce more oil !
He’ll have the USA export more oil than we import & prices will fall!
He’ll make NATO members honor their commitment to pay their share and keep NATO strong!
He’ll tackle inflation!
He’ll reduce regulations & let business thrive!
We can’t let this happen…. right V?
So let me get this straight “V” you hate a roaring economy, low unemployment, something actually being done about illegal immigrants, energy independence, no wars or money being sent abroad. Fine but you are most definitely the problem. Your virtue signal is meaningless & divisive but people like you don’t really care do you?
Voted in person. I gave my name. I signed that it was me. That was all I had to do. Showed nothing … =(
I always put my ID in front of them when I check in. Let the poll worker get my name from my valid photo ID.
You should have to have voter ID to vote pure & simple, nobody leaves until all votes counted. Meaning the dems don’t get to kick everybody out while they count fraud votes
… agree – and need to be a validated citizen to vote
1 day is all it takes. as it always did in the past. not days. “RIGGED ! unbelievable people stand for this bullcrap.
all these idiots in charge need to be locked up for their crimes involved for the injustices that have been going on for years in the voting system. .
The 3 am vote count is the real killer!
Exactly! Just waiting for 3 am bump in votes.
Counting should take no more than one day. Mail-in ballots for all is not working for anyone except the officers and candidates of the Democratic Party. Sorry, libs, you and I were wrong on this while the conservatives got it correct. In SF, they have tables in Chinatown where people bring their mail in ballots and get help filling them in with a stencil (yes, you can look this up in past mainstream media sources). It’s a scam. Plenty of large countries have their ballots counted in one day. System needs to go back to in person voting with vote by mail only for those who apply and have specific verifiable reasons.
Problem is those vote counting are challenged at counting and ready,fact,but these”counters” will do anything for a $100 bill.
It used to be that vote counting happened after vote gathering.
Now they count and gather.
As soon as they are almost done counting they find a way to gather some more.
Rinse and repeat………
People who try and undermine critical institutions because they don’t get the results they want, are a clear and present danger and should be treated as such. It’s un-American, immoral and an affront to the face of God.
Cry more lib. Insurrection narrative cancelled
I agree. Violent demonstrations after the 2016 presidential election and demonstrations and threats toward Supreme Court Justices by Senate majority leaders come to mind.
I was comparing my wife’s unfilled ballot to mine and noticed something…….Anyone else? The ballots are IDENTICAL! There is no unique number, there is no name. Only the envelope has the name/etc. Someone could literally run hundreds or thousands of the same ballots through the machines and there is nothing that counts each form as unique. WTH?
No ID, you cheaters