[OFF TOPIC] Politics Thread

[Olympian1010 7,971]

 

[Olympian1010 7,971]

 

[Agger 1,662]

Biden speaking and more or less declaring victory without declaring victory is quite a ballsy move though I'm pretty certain that they know more than us!

[Olympian1010 7,971]

AP has called Michigan for Biden.

[opruh 129]

Biden is bad for argentina. 

[Vic Liu 1,682]

It seems we have to wait another day for Nevada to finalize everything.

 

PS It’s already another day for our timezone.

[konig 1,504]

5 hours ago, rybak said:

So, congratulations to Biden for winning or not yet?  

I hope not.

[hckošice 14,822]

 

 

[Dolby 735]

19 hours ago, hckosice said:

Stupid question. how are those electoral college votes things distributed ? by population density ? I don´t get why Montana has only 3 but smaller Indiana has 11

If you are interested in the Math behind the distribution, CGP Grey has a detailed video on the same. 

 

 

 

[Dolby 735]

How does mail-in votes work with respect to verification needs vs need for secrecy? Counting officials would need to verify that the vote that they have received is from a eligible voter who has not voted in person but should not know whom s/he voted for. What are the mechanisms to ensure both things. I know, absentee/postal/mail-in ballots are used in a lot of places (including India), but I don't think they have been used at such a large scale anywhere else and thats why I never thought about this. So, it would be amazing if @Olympian1010if you can share your experience.