Quote (EndlessSky @ Nov 15 2024 12:17pm)
The number of mail in ballots this time was 88 million in 2024 versus 68 million in 2020.
That supports the case that Biden was just a better candidate in 2020.
It doesn't rule out the suspicious activity on election day 2020 though. Why did it take so long to call in 2020? Maybe there are plausible explanations. I'm not sure.
many states added protections in 2020 to not count votes until after the polls closed. so all of the mail in ballots had to be hand fed 1 by 1 after polls closed.
it seems even with more mail in ballots a lot of places realized how terrible this system was, and pre-counted batches of mail in ballots on voting day while the polls were still open.
ironically most of the no-pre-count measures were put in place after 2016 due to election interference concerns.