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More than 40% of ballots in San Luis Obispo County already returned

November 3, 2024

By KAREN VELIE

San Luis Obispo County voters appear to be returning their 2024 presidential election ballots sooner than in the 2022 election, with more than 40% of ballots returned as of Saturday.

Of the approximately 189,800 ballots sent to registered voters, 78,000 have been returned and processed. During the 2022 election, less than 20% had been returned at this time.

For your vote to count, your ballot must be dropped off or postmarked on or before election day, Nov. 5. Voters can also cast a ballot at their local polling station on election day.

 


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I stopped voting. There are no national or state elections in play and the local elections will be determined by Elaina Cano and staff, maybe a couple weeks later when a box of 312 ballots shows up and is counted illegally in secret.


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Ain’t that the truth


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Where is it possible to see real time results of SLO county’s elections as they tally the votes? Can’t find anything on the elections website.


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I have only seen it on local news channels. It is probably a system that you have to pay to access the same way they do it nationwide. If anyone knows for sure, please let us know.


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“probably a system that you have to pay to access the same way they do it nationwide” Where?


Never in my life did someone have to pay to get results.


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https://www.slocounty.ca.gov/departments/clerk-recorder/all-services/elections-and-voting/elections-conducted-by-county-of-san-luis-obispo/november-5,-2024,-presidential-general-election


The results are usually posted on the elections websites page for that specific election, there is already a Results section at the link above that has a sample PDF (all zeros now of course). They usually update every few hours throughout Tuesday night, and then usually daily for the next week or so as ballots mailed on election day make their way to the government center.


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Just curious (and this seems like a good place to ask this question):


Someone needs to explain to me this Republican pickle: If you vote Republican in California, your vote for President has been (for decades), and will continue to be (well, for forever), completely meaningless, SOLEY due to the Electoral College.


Already guaranteed: Trump will lose California, AGAIN, in a total blowout.


HOWEVER, if the Electoral College is abolished, and the President is elected by popular vote — which would mean California Republican votes for President actually WOULD count — there will likely never be another Republican President again, because they (almost) always, for the past few decades, lose the nationwide popular vote.


So, here’s what I’m not clear on: If you’re a Republican voter in California, are you pissed that the Electoral College renders your vote for President completely meaningless, and therefore you’re in favor of getting rid of the Electoral College, OR, do you favor keeping the Electoral College because it’s the only thing that makes it possible to ever have a Republican President again, despite it rendering your vote for President completely meaningless.


It’s a pickle.


BTW, if you missed Radio Lab’s excellent podcast on the history of the Electoral College, here’s the link:


https://radiolab.org/podcast/the-unpopular-vote


Highly recommended listening.


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Politicians, including president, should represent the people they represent. So in my opinion one vote should count as one vote. I don’t like either side. I hate our system as it stands. But one person’s vote should equal 1 vote. Keep it simple.


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The electoral college is part of the constitution and designed to prevent tyranny by the majority in our constitutional republic. If we were a democracy, they we would have a popular vote.

I’m not sure that Trump will lose CA in a “blowout” this time.

CA has elected republican presidents in the past, never say never.

Trump will also win the national popular vote this time.


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Trump will also win the national popular vote this time.




Somebody has been smoking the devil’s lettuce.


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Republicans have been fleeing blue states….so many have moved to Nevada that it easily could throw its electoral votes to Trump this cycle


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If the Republicans ran a candidate that was more desirable than the ones they have consistently chosen over the years, one who actually had popular policies, then they would win. They would not need that relic of the slave states, the electoral college, as a crutch to get in at all. One person, one vote is actual democracy. High time we did away with any obstacles to that. Until then, all votes in Cali are theoretical.


I am No Party Preference, and proud of it. I would highly welcome some intelligent and meaningful competition and choice in the races. But folks, that does not include serial felons who appear to be feeble, racist adulterers who are giving massive tax breaks to the obscenely wealthy at the expense of our infrastructure and working people. I could go on. But please, if you want to do better, improve your brand. So simple.


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Every democracy based government throughout history, has failed miserably and bloody.


The Founding Fathers specifically designed our Republic to be as far from democracy as possible, so as to not fail the people.


The Electoral College prevents democratic rule, AKA mob rule, from allowing large population states (and now, cities), from overwhelming their belief onto others.


Democracy today, would allow the 4 major population cities, to rule over the entire country. Don’t like slavery? New York does, and just out-voted you. Enjoying your free speech? Not since Los Angeles erased the 1st Amendment.


Beautiful church you have there. Too bad for you that religion has been outlawed, except for the one Chicago has deemed official and mandatory.


The Electoral College, is the only voting process that keeps America out of chaos.


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I’m sorry, but this is extremely hyperbolic. Only around 20% of Americans live in the top 100 cities.


And while the electoral college was originally supposed to be a deliberative body, it hasn’t worked that way for 200 years, what we have is essentially a popular vote that weighs votes differently. In the same way candidates give speeches in small Pennsylvania and Arizona towns, youd see in a national popular vote Republicans visiting Bakersfield and Albany and Democrats visiting Austin and Wichita, as well as of course Pittsburgh and Phoenix still.


Most importantly the presidency is just one office. We’d still be a Republic where power is vested in a House and Senate. Reforming how the president gets elected isn’t going to erase freedom.


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259 of those ballots were returned by FAX machine. Who still uses a fax machine? Here’s the latest numbers. https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/statewide-elections/2024-general/vbm-statistics.xls


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State/County/City employees most likely. Technology lags when it comes to government.


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Probably Californians living abroad. I know that I would be worried about the time it could take for international mail to make it by election day, and there are some countries in Europe, and particularly Japan, where the fax machine use is still (somehow) super common.


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Many places do not have reliable internet, but do have hard line phone systems. Send it FAX, and it is received instantly with no need to download.


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