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Originally Posted by Erin  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. |
Okay thanks, I feel better now. They made it sound like the ballots were not going to be here in time to be counted at all on tv. Geez!