politics as usual
Secretary of State William F. Galvin, citing state law, says city and town clerks must wait at least 10 days for absentee ballots to arrive before they certify the results of the Jan. 19 election. They then have five more days to file the returns with his office.
Galvin bypassed the provision in 2007 so his fellow Democrats could gain a House vote they needed to override a veto of then-Republican President George W. Bush, but the secretary says U.S. Senate rules would preclude a similar rush today.
Do the Democrats honestly think the American public is going to buy this load of crap? Just the most recent in a long line of state election laws being "adjusted" or outright ignored to allow Democrats to do whatever they want.
If the election is close, a delay will also give the Democrats time to pull what they did in Minnesota and scare up a bunch of "hidden" votes.
Maybe the Democrats should just go the full Monty and simply certify their candidate as the winner no matter how the votes turn out.