# Election Day Omnibus thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [November 4, 2024, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-omnibus-thread/1009683 "2024-11-04T20:15:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 21
**Author:** ![JaneDoe42](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janedoe42/32/14104_2.png) [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2024, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-omnibus-thread/1009683/401 "2024-11-06T00:43:16Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > Trump also got West Virginia. Without any votes being counted. The polls weren’t even closed before it was called. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2024, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-omnibus-thread/1009683/402 "2024-11-06T00:43:34Z")
> [@JaneDoe42](#): > > Without any votes being counted. FRAUD ON LEVELS NOONE’S EVER SEEN! SAD! ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2024, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-omnibus-thread/1009683/403 "2024-11-06T00:43:52Z")
This is killing me. I’m living and dying with every miniscule advantage reported. I need to flip to an episode of “King of Queens” or something. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2024, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-omnibus-thread/1009683/404 "2024-11-06T00:44:05Z")
Eight bomb threats in Democratic-leaning Georgia counties. Nice. ETA: Or that may have been polling places, not counties. Not sure. I’m sure about the number of threats, though. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2024, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-omnibus-thread/1009683/405 "2024-11-06T00:44:58Z")
West Virginia is no surprise at all. I am disappointed with Indiana (although also not really a surprise). ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2024, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-omnibus-thread/1009683/406 "2024-11-06T00:46:23Z")
I hate this so much. I’m terrified just like in 2016 and 2020. I hate every second of it. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2024, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-omnibus-thread/1009683/407 "2024-11-06T00:46:42Z")
I feel like it’s all Trump. Except, er, New Hampshire. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2024, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-omnibus-thread/1009683/408 "2024-11-06T00:47:12Z")
This is the red mirage, people. This happens every four years in the first hour of results coming in. Stay calm. ---
**Author:** ![orcenio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/orcenio/32/1036_2.png) [@orcenio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orcenio)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2024, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-omnibus-thread/1009683/409 "2024-11-06T00:47:51Z")
No matter what happens, I’m proud of you Yanks. Hold on to hope. ---
**Author:** ![Win\_Place\_Show](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/win_place_show/32/13469_2.png) [@Win\_Place\_Show](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Win_Place_Show)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2024, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-omnibus-thread/1009683/410 "2024-11-06T00:48:09Z")
“First hour of results coming in” are early voting and mail-in. This is where we need to be building a lead, not treading water. ---
**Author:** ![PhillyGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2024, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-omnibus-thread/1009683/411 "2024-11-06T00:48:12Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > > [@PhillyGuy](#): > > > > but Is it really legal? > > Eating chips on a Tuesday? I don’t see why not. 🙂 Is her society a thing of value? Legally, probably not. As for the wisdom, I’d be surprised if at least a couple dozen dateless young men in Arizona and Nevada (where polls are still open) have not, after reading this, have not gotten off and their duff and gone out to vote for Trump. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2024, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-omnibus-thread/1009683/412 "2024-11-06T00:48:33Z")
That’s reassuring, @Smapti , but I think I’ll still mix myself another drink. ---
**Author:** ![Jas09](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jas09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jas09)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2024, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-omnibus-thread/1009683/413 "2024-11-06T00:48:52Z")
Georgia better get cooking if they are going to make their self-imposed one-hour deadline to report all early votes. They currently have 14% reported with 12 minutes to go. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2024, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-omnibus-thread/1009683/414 "2024-11-06T00:50:28Z")
> [@Win\_Place\_Show](#): > > “First hour of results coming in” are early voting and mail-in. Are they? Because in the past, mail-in votes didn’t get counted until later. One of the justifications for claiming fraud in 2020 was that Trump was leading in a number of states early, before mail-in ballots were counted, and he and his people tried to claim that the states only flipped when false ballots were produced from somewhere (though those were actually the mail-in ballots, and remember the Republicans were warning their voters not to trust mail-in ballots so those heavily favored Democrats). ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2024, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-omnibus-thread/1009683/415 "2024-11-06T00:50:30Z")
This pisses me off. Apparently a 6 hour wait for 3 voting machines (it was 4 but one broke) near Lehigh University in PA. Judge refused to extend voting times (fucker) although he will let those in line at 8 PM vote. > **[Judge Denies Extension Despite 6-Hour Wait at Polls Near Lehigh University](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/05/us/politics/lehigh-voting-lines.html?unlocked_article_code=1.X04.b3Fr.u0JtFK6cixNh&smid=url-share)** > > The lines to cast a ballot at the Banana Factory, an art center in Bethlehem, Pa., stretched for blocks, voters said. ---
**Author:** ![Jas09](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jas09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jas09)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2024, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-omnibus-thread/1009683/416 "2024-11-06T00:51:02Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > This is the red mirage, people. Red mirage only applies to states that report in-person before mail-in votes. I think there are not very many of those anymore. PA may be one. Most other states report the early vote and mail-in first. Sounds like we have folks still in long lines, as usual mainly in Black precincts. Hopefully folks hang in there. ---
**Author:** ![JaneDoe42](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janedoe42/32/14104_2.png) [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2024, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-omnibus-thread/1009683/417 "2024-11-06T00:51:30Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > West Virginia is no surprise at all. Now that the votes are coming in, I _am_ surprised by how close it is. I’m sure trump will take WV, but dang… ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2024, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-omnibus-thread/1009683/418 "2024-11-06T00:51:36Z")
> [@Jas09](#): > > Red mirage only applies to states that report in-person before mail-in votes. I think there are not very many of those anymore. Maybe, I’m not sure which states that applies to though. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2024, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-omnibus-thread/1009683/419 "2024-11-06T00:51:56Z")
> [@Jas09](#): > > Red mirage only applies to states that report in-person before mail-in votes. I think there are not very many of those anymore. PA may be one. PA hasn’t even closed yet. ---
**Author:** ![Jas09](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jas09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jas09)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2024, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-omnibus-thread/1009683/420 "2024-11-06T00:52:31Z")
Yes, I know. That was a general comment. “Red mirage” does not apply to FL or GA. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-omnibus-thread/1009683.md?page=20) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-omnibus-thread/1009683.md?page=22)