Ebbie-

I imagine that the counters will have to examine each absentee ballot, make sure it is signed, and that the person has not already voted. They would also have to examine each provisional ballot and try to determine if it were a valid one. When they have validated either, then they can run the optical scan forms through the scanner for counting. It's the validation procedure which is going to slow the process down to a crawl, with 91,000 ballots to process. I will be amazed if they can finish the job by the November 15 deadline.

Charley Noble