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David Gillant @gillant.bsky.social

Does it? I only see mail-in and early in-person votes combined. Where are you seeing just the early in-person numbers?

aug 21, 2025, 10:43 pm • 0 0

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Keith Hall Taft @keithhalltaft.bsky.social

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aug 21, 2025, 11:02 pm • 0 0 • view
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David Gillant @gillant.bsky.social

So I added up the numbers from each state page on the NBC site - where it only says "mail-in ballots requested", not early in-person - and it comes out to exactly the 65,700,497 number on the national page. It's a typo - the 65m number doesn't include early in-person votes.

aug 21, 2025, 11:15 pm • 0 0 • view
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Keith Hall Taft @keithhalltaft.bsky.social

I asked them to verify it. It is not a typo.

aug 21, 2025, 11:17 pm • 0 0 • view
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David Gillant @gillant.bsky.social

You asked NBC News? Would you mind sharing their response?

aug 21, 2025, 11:20 pm • 0 0 • view
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Keith Hall Taft @keithhalltaft.bsky.social

Would you mind showing me your math adding up the states' individual early in person votes cast ? 🙂

aug 21, 2025, 11:22 pm • 0 0 • view
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David Gillant @gillant.bsky.social

I just pasted the numbers from each NBC state page (for mail-in ballot requests, not early in-person) into WolframAlpha

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aug 21, 2025, 11:48 pm • 0 0 • view
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David Gillant @gillant.bsky.social

Here's Florida, it's the 3529020 number in the screenshot

aug 21, 2025, 11:48 pm • 0 0 • view
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David Gillant @gillant.bsky.social

Now, did you actually ask NBC News to verify that the 65m number includes requests for early in-person votes? Because I don't see the point in continuing this if you're not gonna be serious

aug 21, 2025, 11:48 pm • 0 0 • view
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Keith Hall Taft @keithhalltaft.bsky.social

So to recap:

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aug 22, 2025, 12:13 am • 0 0 • view
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David Gillant @gillant.bsky.social

I don't understand what you're trying to say here

aug 22, 2025, 12:40 am • 0 0 • view
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Keith Hall Taft @keithhalltaft.bsky.social

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aug 22, 2025, 12:08 am • 0 0 • view
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Keith Hall Taft @keithhalltaft.bsky.social

about.usps.com/newsroom/nat...

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Keith Hall Taft @keithhalltaft.bsky.social

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aug 21, 2025, 11:56 pm • 0 0 • view
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Keith Hall Taft @keithhalltaft.bsky.social

Yes, I did ask them. No link to whatever 'wolfram alpha' is ?

aug 21, 2025, 11:51 pm • 0 0 • view
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David Gillant @gillant.bsky.social

How did you ask them? What exactly did they say?

aug 22, 2025, 12:39 am • 0 0 • view
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Keith Hall Taft @keithhalltaft.bsky.social

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aug 21, 2025, 11:54 pm • 0 0 • view
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Keith Hall Taft @keithhalltaft.bsky.social

Yes: bsky.app/profile/keit...

aug 21, 2025, 10:46 pm • 0 0 • view
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David Gillant @gillant.bsky.social

This article 1) is about the 2020 election, 2) debunks the claim made in the screenshot, and 3) states that the professor retracted his claims after his colleagues pointed out errors in his analysis

aug 21, 2025, 11:17 pm • 0 0 • view
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David Gillant @gillant.bsky.social

Basically, the math was correct *if* the original data was accurate, but that data was highly suspect and came from a Trump campaign official

aug 21, 2025, 11:18 pm • 0 0 • view
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Keith Hall Taft @keithhalltaft.bsky.social

Because the study only included Republican ballots. There has yet to be a study investigating Democrat and other political parties' ballots. Why not ?

aug 21, 2025, 11:20 pm • 0 0 • view