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Originally Posted by dogbert  They were talking about ballots from our soldiers in Iraq etc, is that how it works for them too? It sounded like theirs aren't opened or counted till they are arrive in the US. |
It's my understanding that the soldiers vote absentee. So yes, absentee ballots are counted last but they are counted before the results are "certified" a few weeks after the election. They just aren't reported in tonight's results, which is why i was trying to explain that they know that 1% or whatever it is of voters requested absentee ballots so if a candidate wins by more than that % they just report the unofficial results anyway.