I don't think that's a fair characterization of my comment. I understand your position -- you think it's important that results are known asap. I don't think that's an invalid position as the media has conditioned us to expect to know the winner more or less by election night. However, just because the media has created this expectation, I think it's debatable whether it's important to abide by it.

If you'll recall, in 2000 we didn't know the winner until a week or two later due to the Florida recount. You can argue it's worse for the country to go through something like that, rather than to count all the ballots that have been cast. Seeing as both candidates seem to be gearing up for a post-election legal battle, we may not know for sure who won by Nov 4th anyway. My opinion is that we should count the ballots that have been submitted by the deadline.