[terra]

God, mego.

Still with regard to original post, I am vaguely watching for definitive news and haven’t found any. Am sort of relying on late night and social media comedy accounts to let me know our election results.

Also, I don’t mind saying, I am ready for a brunch libation. Not because alcoholism (yet), but because I feel like I am laying over and waiting for the connecting flight in a totally unfamiliar airport.

[LBS_Les]

I can understand that at times, politics is a divide, and I can understand that a thread like this, make cause issues.

My intent at the time, was to have a thread to discuss what was happening that night, to whomever wanted to discuss things.   I did not intend for anyone to make their sides known, to show their hand, but to have a discussion of the process, interpretation from other sides of the world.

If the consensus is to close it down, I have no issue with this.

[Songanddance]

No LBS Les - you don't have to close it down.

If viewpoints start to be too contentious and inflammatory then it will be shut down anyway as those kind of comments breach the code.

I as UK member am watching the election with interest and of course over here we have such a different system of voting that it is quite fascinating.  Living through it must be a totally different ball game.....

[OffRoad]

I voted early, but wonder if my vote actually got counted since it was mail in. They can decide they didn't like my signature that day, and that is a frustration, not knowing if my vote was even counted. I don't think I'll do that again.

I am always amazed when someone calls a 48.9 % to 49.3% state when only 67%  of the votes are counted. I have no idea what that formula is. I don't concern myself with the outcome, because I already did what I could do, and I have no choice but to deal with what comes out of it. This four years, too, will pass. All of them did, the good and bad. And we're still here. No amount of anxiety will change the results, why borrow trouble?

Just my take.

[LBS_Les]

No LBS Les - you don't have to close it down.

If viewpoints start to be too contentious and inflammatory then it will be shut down anyway as those kind of comments breach the code.

Thanks - I wasn't going to close it down, I was just saying if the Mods felt it needed to be, I wouldn't be opposed if the consensus was to not keep this discussion open.

I voted early, but wonder if my vote actually got counted since it was mail in. They can decide they didn't like my signature that day, and that is a frustration, not knowing if my vote was even counted. I don't think I'll do that again.

I'm not sure what state you voted in, but I believe all states that allowed Mail in Ballots, have a tracking mechanism in place, where you can go to a website, enter your detail and confirm if the ballot was accepted.  Might be worth finding if you want to be sure it counted?

[Ready2Transform]

I voted early, but wonder if my vote actually got counted since it was mail in. They can decide they didn't like my signature that day, and that is a frustration, not knowing if my vote was even counted. I don't think I'll do that again.

Each state has resources to check on your mail in vote. If signatures don't match, they contact you.
https://mashable.com/article/how-to-check-if-mail-in-ballot-received-counted-presidential-election/

[OffRoad]

I voted early, but wonder if my vote actually got counted since it was mail in. They can decide they didn't like my signature that day, and that is a frustration, not knowing if my vote was even counted. I don't think I'll do that again.

Each state has resources to check on your mail in vote. If signatures don't match, they contact you.
https://mashable.com/article/how-to-check-if-mail-in-ballot-received-counted-presidential-election/

Oddly enough, when I enter my valid information, I get the message "Invalid Credentials". Just my luck, but thank you both for letting me know about this.

ETA: I take it back. They have my name with an extra character in it. Weird, but not my problem. I'll have to fix it next year. And it did arrive but has not been counted. Yay!

[Ready2Transform]

ETA: I take it back. They have my name with an extra character in it. Weird, but not my problem. I'll have to fix it next year. And it did arrive but has not been counted. Yay!

Right on!!!

[LBS_Les]

I voted early, but wonder if my vote actually got counted since it was mail in. They can decide they didn't like my signature that day, and that is a frustration, not knowing if my vote was even counted. I don't think I'll do that again.

Each state has resources to check on your mail in vote. If signatures don't match, they contact you.
https://mashable.com/article/how-to-check-if-mail-in-ballot-received-counted-presidential-election/

Oddly enough, when I enter my valid information, I get the message "Invalid Credentials". Just my luck, but thank you both for letting me know about this.

ETA: I take it back. They have my name with an extra character in it. Weird, but not my problem. I'll have to fix it next year. And it did arrive but has not been counted. Yay!

Sorry, did your vote count?  I was a bit confused as you said its not counted?

I believe you can go through an ID process to clear the air on any misunderstanding, to have your vote count

[OffRoad]

The site says my vote has arrived, it has been accepted, but not "counted". As in they haven't tallied it with the rest of the votes yet.