# \* \* \* ! Official 2016 US Presidential Election Day Thread ! \* \* \* **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [November 7, 2016, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947 "2016-11-07T14:05:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![MLS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@MLS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MLS)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/121 "2016-11-08T19:54:26Z")
Sorry, I meant television network. As in CBS, NBC, ABC, PBS, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/122 "2016-11-08T19:55:23Z")
> [@MLS](#): > > Which network do the teeming millions think is going to provide the best election results reporting? If I could watch, it would be CNN. As soon as I’m out of here I’ll be opening the wine, and tuning in. Hopefully Anderson Cooper will be reporting tonight. ---
**Author:** ![Flyer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/flyer/32/7298_2.png) [@Flyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flyer)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/123 "2016-11-08T19:57:31Z")
> [@](#): > > Joe DeFelice, the chairman of the Philadelphia Republican City Committee, said numerous Republican poll inspectors have been denied entry or thrown out of polling stations across the city and that in at least one case a poll worker was spotted entering a machine and pushing buttons for a voter. > > “It’s voter suppression, disenfranchisement and intimidation,” DeFelice said. “Everything they claimed we were going to do.” > > The Department of Justice has contacted DeFelice about the issue with inspectors, he said. DeFelice also filed a complaint with the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office and plans to send more this afternoon. Cameron Kline, a spokesperson for the District Attorney, said the Office is aware of three incidents regarding minority poll inspectors being turned away. > **[Philly GOP leader claims 'voter suppression, disenfranchisement, intimidation'](https://billypenn.com/2016/11/08/philly-gop-leader-claims-voter-suppression-disenfranchisement-intimidation/)** > > Says Joe DeFelice: It's 'everything \*they\* claimed \*we\* were going to do.' ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/124 "2016-11-08T20:01:37Z")
Even though the votes don’t count, my place of birth has gotten it right for the last 32 years…[and Guam chooses Clinton!](http://www.latimes.com/nation/politics/trailguide/la-na-election-day-2016-clinton-wins-guam-in-vote-that-doesn-t-1478625046-htmlstory.html) ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/125 "2016-11-08T20:04:29Z")
I hardly every say this, but … yay, band practice is cancelled. I get to slog it out with MSNBC/CNN/FOX all night long. But first … I think I’ll go vote. For Ms Clinton and a few choice referendums, chief of which is the legalization of recreational use of marijuana and I still don’t know how I’m going to vote on that one. Maybe a few bong-hits will clear my head. Ok. Off I go. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/126 "2016-11-08T20:06:13Z")
> [@Jragon](#): > > This is amazing: > > [Imgur: The magic of the Internet](http://i.imgur.com/JjzpsSK.png) > > Edit: Like father like son > > [Imgur: The magic of the Internet](http://i.imgur.com/thVUkkK.png) Those are awesome pictures. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/127 "2016-11-08T20:10:27Z")
Just got an email from CNN saying that the CNN live streaming election coverage will be open to everyone for 12 hours starting at 4:00 PM this afternoon. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/128 "2016-11-08T20:14:20Z")
Each election, after I vote I get an “I Voted” sticker. Several friends posted pictures of their “voter receipts”. I’ve never gotten a receipt and they’ve never gotten a sticker!! ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/129 "2016-11-08T20:14:36Z")
Good Christ, is this is? Is this FINALLY, at long last, it? Is today the day our long national nightmare is over, or just beginning? ---
**Author:** ![Truman\_Burbank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@Truman\_Burbank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Truman_Burbank)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/130 "2016-11-08T20:16:24Z")
> [@Bridget\_Burke](#): > > Don’t they allow polls to stay open to ensure everybody in line gets to vote? Let’s see some documentation from “red” districts in which those in line were told to go home without voting. In an amazing coincidence, _red districts_ don’t seem to have a problem with voters standing in long lines. Science is at a loss to explain the phenomenon. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/131 "2016-11-08T20:17:15Z")
> [@Honey](#): > > I… It’s going to be a long 16 hour day for me, but I will have frequent breaks, so I can check in here to see how things are going. > > … > [@BigAppleBucky](#): > > … I’m guessing about seventeen to seventeen and a half hours for me. Long freaking day and I won’t have the energy to party after. > > … I haven’t read the full thread, so if this has been asked, pardon me. But why are the hours so long? Is it due to a lack of volunteers? ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/132 "2016-11-08T20:26:59Z")
> [@CarnalK](#): > > Reminds me of that Daily Show episode when they were making fun of news stories every year saying “this is the worst season for allergies/pollen counts ever” and showed clips from the last 5 years. The punchline is an expert comes on stage and says they’re right, it’s been getting worse every year. > > That said, I think this is more important to go one way than the previous few elections. Or Homer Simpson correcting Bart, who claimed to be having the worst day of his life. "This is the worst day of your life _so far."_ ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/133 "2016-11-08T20:30:43Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Each election, after I vote I get an “I Voted” sticker. > > Several friends posted pictures of their “voter receipts”. I’ve never gotten a receipt and they’ve never gotten a sticker!! Do you mean “receipts” as in a paper record of who you voted for? I thought those were supposed to be illegal, on the basis that they could be used as a way of voter fraud (i.e., someone pays people to vote for Candidate X, but that they have to show the receipts as proof) or as voter intimidation (“Son, you better show us your voter receipt that you voted for the right guy or we are not paying for your college tuition anymore.”) ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/134 "2016-11-08T20:32:52Z")
> [@Jragon](#): > > This is amazing: > > [Imgur: The magic of the Internet](http://i.imgur.com/JjzpsSK.png) > > Edit: Like father like son > > [Imgur: The magic of the Internet](http://i.imgur.com/thVUkkK.png) Hilarious. Caption… “What the hell? She just voted for Hillary!” ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/135 "2016-11-08T20:35:40Z")
> [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](#): > > Good Christ, is this is? Is this FINALLY, at long last, it? Is today the day our long national nightmare is over, or just beginning? Why can’t it be both?🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/136 "2016-11-08T20:39:22Z")
Today the election. Tomorrow the campaign for 2020 starts. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/137 "2016-11-08T20:43:46Z")
> [@Nonsuch](#): > > Not sure if this has been posted already, but [Slate and VoteCastr are publishing real-time estimates](http://www.slate.com/votecastr_election_day_turnout_tracker.html) of voter turnout throughout the day, ignoring the customary blackout of exit poll data until the polls close. Warning. This will make you a CRAZY PERSON. Ask me how I know! ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/138 "2016-11-08T20:53:10Z")
[James O’Keefe is videoing himself following black voters to intimidate them.](http://www.rawstory.com/2016/11/james-okeefe-films-himself-committing-voter-intimidation-by-stalking-a-church-van-bringing-people-to-polls/) ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/139 "2016-11-08T20:54:35Z")
> [@Bridget\_Burke](#): > > Don’t they allow polls to stay open to ensure everybody in line gets to vote? Let’s see some documentation from “red” districts in which those in line were told to go home without voting. > [@HurricaneDitka](#): > > My understanding is that they’re supposed to let anyone who is in line to vote at the official poll closing time to vote. If the line is long, it might take an extra hour or two to give all those voters an opportunity to vote. However, if the polls were supposed to close at 7:00 PM and someone showed up at 8:00 PM, they’re not supposed to be allowed to vote, even if there’s still a line with people in it that showed up between 6:30 and 7:00 that are still waiting to vote. Oh well, a “nasty” woman judge ripped Trump a new one. 🙂 > **[Trump campaign attempts to invalidate Latino votes in Nevada, is denied](https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/11/8/1593482/-Trump-campaign-attempts-to-invalidate-Latino-votes-in-Nevada-is-denied)** > > Donald Trump's junk challenge to the large early vote among Latinos in Nevada has been shot down by an incredulous—and pissed off—judge. The campaign was asking "for ballots and voting machines to be 'set aside, sequestered, and impounded' from... > [@](#): > > Trump campaign attempts to invalidate Latino votes in Nevada, is denied > [@](#): > > A little before noon, local time, on Tuesday, Judge Gloria J. Sturman denied the request, after a hearing. > > At the hearing, she expressed significant, repeated skepticism of almost every aspect of the lawsuit—from the campaign’s standing to bring the lawsuit in the first place to the question of whether other relevant parties like the secretary of state had appropriate notice to the remedy the campaign was seeking. > > “You’ve failed to exhaust [your] administrative remedies,” she said, noting that the Trump campaign should have first asked the secretary of state to address the campaign’s concerns. > > Sturman also expressed significant concern about whether an order in the Trump campaign’s favor would lead to poll workers being harassed — after what she has seen from “trolls” on Twitter. > > “I am not going to expose people doing their civic duty to help people vote … to public attention, ridicule, and harassment,” she said. “I’m not going to do it.” ---
**Author:** ![Azeotrope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/0ea827/32.png) [@Azeotrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azeotrope)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/140 "2016-11-08T20:58:01Z")
> [@HurricaneDitka](#): > > My understanding is that they’re supposed to let anyone who is in line to vote at the official poll closing time to vote. If the line is long, it might take an extra hour or two to give all those voters an opportunity to vote. However, if the polls were supposed to close at 7:00 PM and someone showed up at 8:00 PM, they’re not supposed to be allowed to vote, even if there’s still a line with people in it that showed up between 6:30 and 7:00 that are still waiting to vote. The judge of elections at my district was talking about this this morning. The polls close at 8 pm here (I’m in Pennsylvania) but anyone who is already in line at 8 pm is allowed to vote. She said she would have to actually stand at the end of the line and chase off anyone else who tries to get in line. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947.md?page=8)