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Are states going to be releasing running totals of pre-Election Day vote results?

July 11, 2010 - 3:15 pm 3 Comments

Now that many states have some form or another of Early Voting, are states going to be tabulating the vote each night and releasing the running total results? Or will everything be counted and reported only after polls close on Election Day?

Also, what do you think they *should* do? Does the public have a right to know who’s "winning" in real results rather than polls, or would that cause some form of fraud, since it might influence people to vote or not vote if they know their candidate is winning or trailing?

Nowadays, there should be no one in position to hide anything the public should know. Like election results, it’s open for public. An I think that would not happen in America as it’s not the popularity that counts more but the electoral votes. And as we have observed, right from the start, the candidates are being followed by reporters as they are the hottest scopes. And with our advance technology, it’s impossible to hide anything like this. In fact, there are a lot of companies doing surveys like Rasmussen which you can find here:

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/obama_administration/daily_presidential_tracking_poll

The yahoo! election 2008 and other firms doing the daily surveys.

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3 Responses to “Are states going to be releasing running totals of pre-Election Day vote results?”

  1. Deb M Says:
    July 11th, 2010 at 8:44 pm

    Our state has had early voting for a few years…the ballots are held under lock and key until election day when counted. I think all votes should be held until the day of the election…no early release of anything. And you are right…it would influence people. People just need to vote!
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  2. Barack Obama Says:
    July 11th, 2010 at 9:04 pm

    I suppose you should wait and see, no? That always works out best.
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  3. Gwendolyn Says:
    July 11th, 2010 at 9:18 pm

    Nowadays, there should be no one in position to hide anything the public should know. Like election results, it’s open for public. An I think that would not happen in America as it’s not the popularity that counts more but the electoral votes. And as we have observed, right from the start, the candidates are being followed by reporters as they are the hottest scopes. And with our advance technology, it’s impossible to hide anything like this. In fact, there are a lot of companies doing surveys like Rasmussen which you can find here:
    http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/obama_administration/daily_presidential_tracking_poll

    The yahoo! election 2008 and other firms doing the daily surveys.
    References :

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