Quote Originally Posted by lardy View Post
"No one will be checking"

Our resident US expert doesn't know that the two parties are entitled to have people watching each postal vote being opened and challenging it. A successful challenge means the vote is binned.

The republicans are advertising frantically for watchers, knowing that each postal vote that is excluded is more likely to be a vote for the opposition than them.

It'll come as a huge surprise to us all, but gluey is talking total rubbish. "No one will be checking" - they will be checked and challenged more closely than ever.
It will take them months to count the millions of postal ballots, so no winner will be declared on the night of the election, or during the legally specified timeframe following the election. Are you thick or something? (no need to answer!)