# US Midterm Election watch along thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [November 9, 2022, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619 "2022-11-09T00:29:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 39
**Author:** ![DeadTreasSecretaries](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/deadtreassecretaries/32/4817_2.png) [@DeadTreasSecretaries](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeadTreasSecretaries)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2022, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/761 "2022-11-12T19:47:52Z")
> **Reply to Off-Topic Post Hidden** > > So it is a big-tent party then? > > There were varying viewpoints among primary candidates and then the winner got enough backing from the democratic voters to win his general election. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2022, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/762 "2022-11-12T19:56:57Z")
> [@Jophiel (actually Joe Ralston)](#): > > The Culinary is running an intense curing campaign for its members, I don’t understand this ballot “curing” by an outside organization. I assume this is to fix things like failure to sign the ballot envelope or the signature doesn’t match the one on file from the registration. In Oregon, that kind of thing is fixed by the Elections Office which calls voters and asks them to come in to make things right. However, I understand some states don’t do that, but just disqualifies those ballots. But I hadn’t heard of a state letting a third party do the fixing. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2022, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/763 "2022-11-12T19:57:53Z")
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**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2022, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/764 "2022-11-12T20:00:03Z")
**Warning** for **Bootb**. I didn’t add all those Staff notes to posts to be ignored and an official Moderation Post. > [@US Midterm Election watch along thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/745): > > Modhat on: OK, looks like a good discussion for another thread and a probable severe hijack of this very informative one. Drop the Joe Manchin, Big Tent side discussion. I’ll try to note all the related posts. **Modnote** for @DeadTreasSecretaries, I’m going to assume you missed all the staff notes and my post. But this is pretty borderline. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2022, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/765 "2022-11-12T20:02:12Z")
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**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2022, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/766 "2022-11-12T20:02:46Z")
Clark County (at least, maybe all NV counties) provides a list of people whose ballots need to be cured. So the Culinary Union looks to see whose ballots need curing, cross-references that to the Dem party registration list and then makes an effort to notify those people and assist them in getting their ballots/signatures corrected. My understanding is that the RNC is doing something similar but more via text messages than a boots-on-the-ground operation. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2022, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/767 "2022-11-12T20:10:52Z")
> [@flurb](#): > > One thing that has to piss Trump off is that so many of “his” candidates are accepting their defeats rather than going full election denier. Trump says they stole the electron from Blake Masters. He’s _positive_! [![](https://am11.mediaite.com/med/cnt/uploads/2022/11/Trump-Electron-Stolen.jpg) ](https://am11.mediaite.com/med/cnt/uploads/2022/11/Trump-Electron-Stolen.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2022, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/768 "2022-11-12T20:11:40Z")
He’s also claiming that NV is stealing the vote from Laxalt which I guess speaks well of everyone’s math on how NV is heading 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2022, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/769 "2022-11-12T20:20:07Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > Trump says they stole the electron from Blake Masters. He’s _positive_! This is ion-clad. Let’s hope somebody gets charged over this. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2022, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/770 "2022-11-12T20:23:33Z")
Culinary Union says they’ve reached out to 5,100 people in Clark County about getting their ballots cured. Clark County says that they’ve had 7,000 ballots cured so far and 7k more remain. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2022, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/771 "2022-11-12T20:24:14Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > So the Culinary Union looks to see whose ballots need curing I found the initial post on this very confusing. I thought a kitchen group had a project to smoke bacon or ham, and didn’t see how it fit into this thread. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marvin_the_martian/32/2898_2.png) [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2022, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/772 "2022-11-12T20:36:23Z")
Honey-cured ballots with a side of Schadenfreude. Yum. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2022, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/773 "2022-11-12T21:55:13Z")
I do find amusement in the fact that a gentleman named bill gates is in charge of the Arizona vote. The sheriff of maricopa county is giving a presser due to protests outside the counting centre. There is and will be a law enforcement presence at the counting centres until the counting is done. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2022, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/774 "2022-11-12T21:56:11Z")
Lander County NV has released a batch of seven ballots! Laxalt now +1 over an hour ago! ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2022, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/775 "2022-11-12T21:57:26Z")
> [@rocking\_chair](#): > > The sheriff of maricopa county is giving a presser due to protests outside the counting centre. Do they want them to stop counting? I think Katie Hobbs would be OK with that. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2022, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/776 "2022-11-12T22:01:03Z")
I enjoyed his chiding. ---
**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 12, 2022, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/777 "2022-11-12T22:04:04Z")
There have been small outbreaks of violence happening. I think they have all been spontaneous and independent of each other (as much as is possible) but organized violence would not surprise me at all. I’ve been watching the local social media and rational discourse has gone out the window. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2022, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/778 "2022-11-12T22:16:05Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > Lander County NV has released a batch of seven ballots! Laxalt now +1 over an hour ago! Isn’t that +0.1%? - Adam Laxalt R 468,437 votes 48.5% - Catherine Cortez Masto D 467,575 votes 48.4% [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/3732275-laxalt-says-victory-window-has-narrowed-in-nevada-senate-race-as-count-continues/](https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/3732275-laxalt-says-victory-window-has-narrowed-in-nevada-senate-race-as-count-continues/) ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2022, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/779 "2022-11-12T22:18:12Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > Isn’t that +0.1%? No, Laxalt gained a net one vote from that drop. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2022, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/780 "2022-11-12T22:20:50Z")
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