2019 KY GOV Megathread, Andy Beshear wins

[Adam Griffin]

What I want to know is: where is Linda Belcher? She'd easily sew this entire race up if she just campaigned on behalf of Beshear!

[Adam Griffin]

I'm not entirely sure about how KY does it (according to Ebsy, this wouldn't be legally allowed), but here in GA, county election boards will begin counting mail ballots in the early afternoon via a process known as sequestration. Depending on how many ballots have been cast, the time at which this begins may be earlier (noon to 2 PM) or later (4 to 7 PM). Representatives for both parties will be present at the counting and nobody is allowed to leave the room until the polls are closed and two separate sets of counts are complete/in agreement (I don't think technically they're even allowed to bring their phones in, but that's not always enforced).

Even if this isn't legally how things are done in Kentucky, it would not surprise me if many "small town" election boards begin counting ballots ahead of schedule because they don't want to be there all night. It's KY: very similar to GA in the sheer number of counties and how few people live in many of them, so some casual law-breaking isn't out of the question.

Nevertheless, we get "Twitter turnout reports" in every election and a good deal of them turn out to be fake. So, in the spirit of things:

Here's Griff's patented Election Day Hysteria Generator!

Have fun

Early reports of [adjective] turnout in [location] suggest [noun] for [party/candidate]

[Adam Griffin]

NYT page came live 1 hour from poll closing - rather late but ok.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/11/05/us/elections/results-kentucky-governor-general-election.html

Wow, precinct level results! Is this going to be a feature for other elections as well?

Sometimes they put up precinct-level map results prior to poll closures but end up not filling them in: not sure why. Either way, there may or may not be, depending on how whomever's running that page feels I suppose.

[Adam Griffin]

It's went from like a 3-point lead for Beshear to a 1-point lead (from 89% to 95% reporting) in like 10 minutes. Not sure I'm ready to accept Wasserman's call just yet.

[Adam Griffin]

[Adam Griffin]

(literally thousands of posts)

You know we think alike on these kinds of things, but you know the ribbing would come if this happened!

[Adam Griffin]

BREAKING NEWS: Group of Voters Thinks Their Candidate Should Have Won, Can't Believe He Didn't