Statement·other·said 2022-10-27
“Why is it only Democrat blue cities that take 'days' to count their votes? The rest of the country manages to get it done on election night.”
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Verdict
Mixedby PolitiFact
2022-10-28Reasoning
Some Democratic-led cities (Detroit, Atlanta, Milwaukee) were slow in 2020, but other large Democratic cities (Dallas, Houston, Austin, Phoenix) outpaced their states. Larger cities take longer to count for mathematical reasons, and counting timelines are usually set by state-level (often Republican) lawmakers.
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