voting numbers: How can there have been 158.8 million ballots cast in this election, when as of Oct 30, there were 47,106,084 registered Democrats, 35,041,482 registered Republicans, ...

JoyV

How can there have been 158.8 million ballots cast in this election, when as of Oct 30, there were 47,106,084 registered Democrats, 35,041,482 registered Republicans, 652,261 registered Libertarians, 240,222 registered Green Party, 129,556 registered Constitution Party, 49,758 registered Working Families Party, and 9,004 registered Reform Party.

Looking at other numbers. US population is 330 million people. This includes children, felons, non-citizen residents, illegals, and other people who are either ineligible to vote or who choose not to vote. Isn't the figure of 158 million casting a vote on Nov 3rd or earlier just a tad high?

Kevyn

JoyV wrote:

How can there have been 158.8 million ballots cast... (show quote)

In many states you do not referrer with a party affiliation.

woodguru

JoyV wrote:

How can there have been 158.8 million ballots cast... (show quote)

Better look at all the red states where we just accepted their vote tallies, it isn't happening in the states under scrutiny. When dems questioned red states in 2016 there were 6900 precincts with overcounts, the GOP response was "oops, our bad, we'll subtract the overs equally between dems and republicans according to the percentage cast.

Auntie Dee

WAY OVER the amount of registered voters! How did those other ballots get cast if they were NOT registered voters???

vernon

woodguru wrote:

Better look at all the red states where we just accepted their vote tallies, it isn't happening in the states under scrutiny. When dems questioned red states in 2016 there were 6900 precincts with overcounts, the GOP response was "oops, our bad, we'll subtract the overs equally between dems and republicans according to the percentage cast.

Why didn't you wonders of the dnc put observers in the red areas?

tbutkovich

Auntie Dee wrote:

WAY OVER the amount of registered voters! How did those other ballots get cast if they were NOT registered voters???

You forgot all the walking dead people who emerged from their graves to get to the polls!

steve66613

Kevyn wrote:

In many states you do not referrer with a party affiliation.

“referrer”?.......Mulletfuhrer! You’re stuttering! Are you nervous????????

.......you should be!

Canuckus Deploracus Loc: North of the wall

JoyV wrote:

How can there have been 158.8 million ballots cast... (show quote)

One needs to register with a party in order to vote???

Why spend time courting independent voters if they can't vote???

FallenOak Loc: St George Utah

Kevyn wrote:

In many states you do not referrer with a party affiliation.

I do not understand what a referrer designation is. Please clarify. I am registered as Unaffiliated. I get requests from both Dem and Rep for donations. Shows me I am right not to be part of either as all they want is my money.

FallenOak Loc: St George Utah

Auntie Dee wrote:

WAY OVER the amount of registered voters! How did those other ballots get cast if they were NOT registered voters???

The truth is that those over ballots were cast by people who really, really, really wanted to be voters but for reasons beyond their control could not be voters. They did their civic duty though and cast their votes as all good people should.

JoyV

Kevyn wrote:

In many states you do not referrer with a party affiliation.

Referrer? If you mean register, you absolutely register with a party affiliation. In the primaries you can only vote for the candidates of your own party.

JoyV

woodguru wrote:

Better look at all the red states where we just accepted their vote tallies, it isn't happening in the states under scrutiny. When dems questioned red states in 2016 there were 6900 precincts with overcounts, the GOP response was "oops, our bad, we'll subtract the overs equally between dems and republicans according to the percentage cast.

Revisionist history. In the States where the count was questioned, recounts were done. But they soon stopped calling for recounts when everywhere a recount occurred the numbers went up for Trump. Also, the GOP was not in charge of running the elections. So to say they chose to subtract the over votes evenly or not, doesn't even make sense.

An over vote ballot may be eliminated, depending on the State's voting laws. But this has nothing to do with any ballots but the ones which are over voted.

JoyV

Canuckus Deploracus wrote:

One needs to register with a party in order to vote???

Why spend time courting independent voters if they can't vote???

Independent Party voters can vote. In the general election, anf registered voter can vote for any candidate or write in a candidate. In the primaries either they can vote for the Independent candidates, if it is a closed primary; or for any candidate if in one of the States with open primaries. I think there are 17 States with open primaries.

Canuckus Deploracus Loc: North of the wall

JoyV wrote:

Independent Party voters can vote. In the general election, anf registered voter can vote for any candidate or write in a candidate. In the primaries either they can vote for the Independent candidates, if it is a closed primary; or for any candidate if in one of the States with open primaries. I think there are 17 States with open primaries.

Does that not explain your numbers in the OP??

marinevet73

JoyV wrote:

Referrer? If you mean register, you absolutely register with a party affiliation. In the primaries you can only vote for the candidates of your own party.

You do not have to register to a party. Their are independents and non-affiliated voters who are neither dems or republican voters. Also, several states allow registration up to the day if election.

The numbers I have seen is that voter turnout is around 78% of the potential electoral population. Since votes are still being counted, the final tally has not been completed, and the voter turnout has not been finalized. Wait to see the final results.

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