re: #207 calochortus

We apparently had a less toxic version of this “starting out behind” after the 2000 election simply because no one knew who won until mid December so they couldn’t really set up full staffs and know who was where. That means people can’t talk to the #2 at X agency because there isn’t one, and even if the current one stays in place, in this case they’re forbidden to talk to anyone. According to someone discussing it on NPR this morning, it’s a not insignificant problem.

True, but 2000 was way on the tail of an outlier, as odds go. As I understand it, you can jibber-jabber with pretty much anyone once the election numbers are certified, and North Carolina *always* said they wouldn’t have theirs ‘til this Wednesday, anyway.