Two weeks after Election Day - as Donald Trump assembles his Cabinet - votes in many states are still being counted. And the tally shows that Hillary Clinton's lead in the popular vote, with Michigan's 16 electoral votes still up for grab, continues to grow..
And so the question: How confident can Americans be in the results announced in the wee hours of Nov. 9, given the problems that continue to beset our election system? Problems beset our system? Like fraud? Or the stoopid electoral college/constitution thingy?
Here are some answers: More answers at link, natch.
Q: Who won the popular vote?
A: Clinton's lead of about 1.7 million votes continues to increase, largely due to an influx of absentee and provisional ballots still being counted in Mexifornia California. She has about 63.7 million votes to Trump's 62 million; her margin in California alone is about 3.5 million.
Q: How close are the two candidates in key battleground states?
A: Three thousand votes are all that separate Clinton and Trump in New Hampshire. The margin is about 12,000 in Michigan, 27,000 in Wisconsin, 68,000 in Pennsylvania and 113,000 in Florida - close, but nothing compared to the 537 votes that separated George W. Bush and Al Gore in Florida 16 years ago.
Q: What's the deal in California?
A: It's the largest state, with some of the most permissive voting procedures. More than half the state's votes are cast by absentee ballot, since no excuses are necessary to avoid going to a polling place on Election Day. Do you have to have photo ID? Be registered some time period prior? Be not dead?
Provisional ballots are treated more leniently than in many other states, requiring time to correct mistakes that otherwise would cause votes to be rejected.
Q: So when will the results be official?
A: Eight states have certified their results; another four are due to do so Tuesday. Nearly all will complete their counts by Dec. 13, in time for the Dec. 19 meeting of the Electoral College - the 538 individuals who, usually without exception, vote according to the results in each state. In some states, the final count may come even later.
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"Do you have to have photo ID? Be registered some time period prior? Be not dead?"
I live in San Diego. I dropped my mail in ballot at the ballot box on election day. Nobody checked anything, they just pointed to where I was to drop the ballot.
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Remove the 18M illegal votes and the 2M dead and Hillary has lost the popular vote and Trump has extended his lead in the electoral college. Do the Donks really want to push that argument?
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And so the question: How confident can Americans be in the results announced in the wee hours of Nov. 9, given the problems that continue to beset our election system? 
