As an European, I'm struck by depending on media outlets announcements. Here we have official government committee, which gathers official results from all districts, sums the results and proclaims winner. Does USA have official, federal bureau for election results?
I mean, we do have an official federal proclamation of the new president (it would be ridiculous to not trust the government to say who the head of government is).
It's just that there is a lot of formal bureaucracy that adds time that, in practice, won't change anything (though there is a chance)
Right but that does not happen until January. Most Euro countries will figure out the winner soon and the PM changes quickly. They can have snap elections followed shortly by a quick overnight packing and a change in the residence. We apparently just had a 4 year long campaign in contrast.
The state governments pick the President. That's how the constitution is written. It doesn't even specify how the states should choose electors. That is written into each state's constitution.
We do have the Federal Election Commission, but that's more about enforcing campaign finance laws.
Literally, the media have no say. They simply report what the states tell them.
Here we have official government committee, which gathers official results from all districts, sums the results and proclaims winner.
So the existing government picks the new government? That sounds very corruptible.
And how exactly do you think it works in the United States? Here's a hint: it's the federal government.
The electors shall meet in their respective states and vote by ballot for President and Vice-President, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves; they shall name in their ballots the person voted for as President, and in distinct ballots the person voted for as Vice-President, and they shall make distinct lists of all persons voted for as President, and of all persons voted for as Vice-President, and of the number of votes for each, which lists they shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed to the seat of the government of the United States, directed to the President of the Senate;--The President of the Senate shall, in the presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the certificates and the votes shall then be counted;
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Media outlets? (Score:5, Insightful)
As an European, I'm struck by depending on media outlets announcements. Here we have official government committee, which gathers official results from all districts, sums the results and proclaims winner.
Does USA have official, federal bureau for election results?
Re:Media outlets? (Score:0, Troll)
Here we have official government committee, which gathers official results from all districts, sums the results and proclaims winner.
So the existing government picks the new government? That sounds very corruptible.
Does USA have official, federal bureau for election results?
No. I don't trust the media much, but more than I trust the government.
If the federal government, headed by Donald Trump, was responsible for declaring the winner, we all know who that would be.
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I mean, we do have an official federal proclamation of the new president (it would be ridiculous to not trust the government to say who the head of government is).
It's just that there is a lot of formal bureaucracy that adds time that, in practice, won't change anything (though there is a chance)
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Right but that does not happen until January. Most Euro countries will figure out the winner soon and the PM changes quickly. They can have snap elections followed shortly by a quick overnight packing and a change in the residence. We apparently just had a 4 year long campaign in contrast.
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At this point everyone knows Biden has won.
By tomorrow the news outlets like AP and all the downstream ones that use them as their source will report he has won when the final counts are in.
Some time much later after the EC votes are in the federal government will report the winner.
Re:Media outlets? (Score:4, Informative)
The state governments pick the President. That's how the constitution is written. It doesn't even specify how the states should choose electors. That is written into each state's constitution.
We do have the Federal Election Commission, but that's more about enforcing campaign finance laws.
Literally, the media have no say. They simply report what the states tell them.
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Here we have official government committee, which gathers official results from all districts, sums the results and proclaims winner.
So the existing government picks the new government? That sounds very corruptible.
And how exactly do you think it works in the United States? Here's a hint: it's the federal government.
The electors shall meet in their respective states and vote by ballot for President and Vice-President, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves; they shall name in their ballots the person voted for as President, and in distinct ballots the person voted for as Vice-President, and they shall make distinct lists of all persons voted for as President, and of all persons voted for as Vice-President, and of the number of votes for each, which lists they shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed to the seat of the government of the United States, directed to the President of the Senate;--The President of the Senate shall, in the presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the certificates and the votes shall then be counted;