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The meme election comes to a close

6 November 2024

1:44 AM

6 November 2024

1:44 AM

For most of American history, elections took a long time. Many of the gaps that still exist today between when counts begin, when certification happens, when electors meet and when the next winner is sworn in exist as a vestige of a past where lengthy travel and slow word of mouth meant people just did not know what had happened for quite some time.

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