And in the nick of time the count is stopped, so that the loser can win.

If all the votes aren't counted and many get thrown out, how can anyone tell who is the winner? What is so damn difficult about counting how many votes each side got and acting accordingly. It makes the average person feel kind of useless thinking that perhaps their vote has never counted. Not to mention that in many elections the winner is declared that night or the following morning...HOW??...When thousnads of absentee ballots have another week after to be counted...How many times would those ballots have made a difference?? I really think what we all laughingly refer to as democratic process is nothing more than a bunch of horseshit....Won't ever waste my time going to the polls again.