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BobG
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Two guys complaining ... or 1 presidential election, 11 gubernatorial elections, 34 senate elections, 435 house of representatives elections, plus hundreds of local elections delayed.
While the presidential election may be the most important of the 481 federal government elections and who knows how many local elections, dealing with how to safeguard the presidential election results until they can be released and with the complaints that would be sure to follow would still be preferable.
And dealing with recounts wouldn't necessarily be insurmountable either. The fact that a state was close enough to require a recount wouldn't reveal the results. It would definitely be an interesting situation for both parties to have to come to some sort of agreement on how the recount should be resolved with no clue as to who won the first tally.
While the presidential election may be the most important of the 481 federal government elections and who knows how many local elections, dealing with how to safeguard the presidential election results until they can be released and with the complaints that would be sure to follow would still be preferable.
And dealing with recounts wouldn't necessarily be insurmountable either. The fact that a state was close enough to require a recount wouldn't reveal the results. It would definitely be an interesting situation for both parties to have to come to some sort of agreement on how the recount should be resolved with no clue as to who won the first tally.