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		gruez 10 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Colorado scrambles to change voting-system passwor... >When we had paper ballots, we knew that night. (For America) You forgot about 2000. Also, the main reason for the delays are mail-in ballots, which could be delayed for days/weeks, depending on how lenient the deadlines are.

chrisco255 10 months ago [–]

2000 was punch cards and it came down to a razor thin 500 votes in a single swing state.

By law the mail-in ballots have to be in by election day.

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