Right. I'm trying to figure out how Minnesota does it. Part of the confusion is figuring out what "count" means. It sounds like in Massachusetts, "counting" actually DOES mean an army of poll workers up all night feeding the ballots into tabulating machines.
I am very much against the push going on in many states (including mine) to expand the window for accepting absentee ballots. I don't think it's too much to ask that people who want to do it get their ballots dropped off or mailed well before the election. In Minnesota you can drop off your ballot in person ON THE DAY OF THE ELECTION if need be, so there's really no excuse. IMHO, pushing the window so a few more people can wait until the last minute to get their ballots in is not worth the damage done by delaying the results for a week.
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Re: meta: there isn't one answer, but fifty-one
Date: 2020-10-10 03:44 am (UTC)I am very much against the push going on in many states (including mine) to expand the window for accepting absentee ballots. I don't think it's too much to ask that people who want to do it get their ballots dropped off or mailed well before the election. In Minnesota you can drop off your ballot in person ON THE DAY OF THE ELECTION if need be, so there's really no excuse. IMHO, pushing the window so a few more people can wait until the last minute to get their ballots in is not worth the damage done by delaying the results for a week.