Thom, Re: provisional ballots. Having worked as a pollworker for the last 2 elections in Santa Monica, California, I can assure you that California goes to great pains to make sure that provisional ballots are counted. Of course it will won't count for the immediate election eve results, but they do count for the popular vote totals down the line. The "Pink Monsters" (they are put into pink envelopes) were the biggest headache of that ill-fated day. Provisional voting is what guarantees long, slow-moving lines at the polls. The infor we have to collect from the voter so as to foil any possible voter fraud is amazing. And all the data is checked and cross-checvked against address logs and registration records.......whew!! I'm worn out just thinking about it. And, there is even a phone # and website you can use after a week or so to verify that your ballot was counted (you get a receipt stub when you drop the envelope in the box). Now maybe California is the exception to the rule, but all those votes adding up to +3 million down the line for Hillary were mainly provisional ballots. Sorry to be long-winded on the matter, but we poll workers worked our asses off over those pink headaches, and I'm proud to have done so. And I can barely wait to do it again in two years. This next one is going to be a turning point in the course of our nation.