Here is the scoop on “State Laws” for counting mail in votes. Every state creates their own voting laws. These must be followed and law suits and Federal action cannot change State Laws. Only states may change their own laws. (Recent Supreme Court decisions have shown you can’t change voting laws by going to court!)

There are 28 States that MUST count all votes by Nov 3rd. That means if they do not arrive, or for some reason are misplaced and not counted – they are void. Only ballots arrived and counted on Nov 3, and actual votes on Nov 3 are counted.

There are 22 States (And district of Columbia) will count ballots that are “Postmarked” on or before Nov 3. This means if it was in the mail and the post service stamped receipt on or prior to Nov 3 – it will be counted. (if not misplaced) This means of the 22 States – there can be a delay in counting total votes until all are processed.

The only way to know who one in the 22 states waiting on postmarked mail is to know how many people are registered, then how many votes are tallied – and if there isn’t enough potential votes to switch the winner – the state should be called for the vote leader. If there are more registered voters than the gap in votes counted on Nov 3 – they will need to wait until all postmarked by Nov 3 votes are in and counted.

Fraud? – Lost votes, misplaced votes, cheating votes, voting twice because verification and duplication of voting is not mandated, etc. etc. It is possible – but may not be enough to change the price of tea in China!

States that allow delayed postmarked voting: (where the lawyers are sitting by the phone and waiting!)
Alaska, California, DC, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington State, West Virginia.

Get ready for these states to have problems!!