Currently, as of 1 September 2010, this question is still unresolved. Counting of all postal votes has not yet finished, and the three Independents are yet to state their alliance with either major party.
Counting votes for a sample of how an election is going.
counting the electoral votes that were cast in the presidential election
California is very accurate in counting votes. At the polls the people are well trained in handling ballots and particular problems that may arise.
The procedure for counting electoral votes in the United States is outlined in the U.S. Constitution. The Vice President, as President of the Senate, presides over a joint session of Congress where the votes are counted. The electoral votes from each state are first presented alphabetically, and then the Vice President announces the results and declares the winner.
The secretary of state oversees elections in the state and the recording and publishing of all laws. The office headed by this person also keeps other kinds of official records.
In terms of absolute votes, this occurred in Californiawhere Barack Obama received 8,274,473 votes to John McCain's 5,011,781 votes, a difference of 3,262,692 votes.In terms of percentage vote, Washington DC was the most polarized, with Barack Obama receiving 245,800 votes compared to 17,367 votes for John McCain out of 265,853 votes. This difference of 228,433 votes was a 85.9% difference!Not counting DC, the most polarized state was Hawaiiwhere Obama received 325,871 votes to McCain's 120,566 votes, a difference of 205,305 out of a total of 453,568 votes, or 45.3%.
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Philippine election actually counting or tally the votes. Whoever have the most votes win!
The day when all the votes are counted up.
"Political arithmetic" is a fancy way of saying "counting votes."
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