Jim Geraghty
Senior political correspondent at National Review and contributing columnist at The Washington Post since 2022.
“It's always first Tuesday in November. It doesn't sneak up on you. It's not like the bye week in the NFL where it moves around from year to year. Oh, wow, election night is this week, we've got to hire some people to count these ballots.”
3 Martini Lunch – Political Humor & Commentary · US Politics · November 2026
Context
After a news piece called slow vote counts normal, Geraghty argues that election officials know the date years in advance and should staff up for it.
Transcript
Certainly none of this, hey, as we saw on election night 2020, hey, we're going to take a break. We're going to start up.
In the morning.
Did election night just, like, you know when it is, right? It's always first Tuesday in November. It doesn't sneak up on you. It's not like the bye week in the NFL where it moves around from year to year. It's always, what, did you not, oh, wow, election night is this week. We've got to hire some people to count these ballots.
Yeah. Yeah.
No, you count till you're done and you don't stop. And that launched a thousand concerns about the legitimacy of that vote. They kind of did it to themselves there. But the other thing I'll say, Jim, since we've talked about Alaska and Michigan, maybe early voting is not such a great idea. There's…
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