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Carl Marlinga: “The absentee votes are usually counted the last. They don't…”

Featuring: Carl Marlinga, Democratic | Former Candidate, U.S. House Michigan, District 10

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Meet the Candidates 2022: Carl Marlinga, Candidate for Michigan's 10th Congressional District

Published | Video Starts at 13:37

When I got up and all of these ballots came in from who knows where, then suddenly he lost all of these states. And I said, okay, now let me just explain how this happens, that The absentee votes are usually counted the last. They don't have to be, but they usually are. And Democrats tend to be the older voters and the voters who tend to vote by absentee ballot. And therefore, in any election cycle, the majority of the absentee ballots would be democratic. (13:37–13:45)

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Asserts that absentee votes are typically counted last in elections.

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