Jo Miran@lemmy.ml to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoTIL that there are no recounts in Mississippi.lemmy.mlimagemessage-square63fedilinkarrow-up1351arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1346arrow-down1imageTIL that there are no recounts in Mississippi.lemmy.mlJo Miran@lemmy.ml to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square63fedilinkfile-text
Relevant because at the time of posting to statewide senate racebis separated by less than 100 votes.
minus-squareCort@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up64·3 days agoAdding to the others: it’s also ranked choice, so they have to wait for all the ballots to come in before they start redistributing losing votes
minus-squarehalcyoncmdr@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·3 days agoThis is more the reason than anything else. Ranked choice requires working in stages. You have to finish the first count before you can then shift votes from candidates that didn’t meet the minimums.
Adding to the others: it’s also ranked choice, so they have to wait for all the ballots to come in before they start redistributing losing votes
This is more the reason than anything else. Ranked choice requires working in stages. You have to finish the first count before you can then shift votes from candidates that didn’t meet the minimums.