Mr. Wall, tell me, Do you think that Trump and Biden should have votes recounted? Also, what are your opinions?

This was not a particularly close election (compare: bit.ly/bc-270), it just looked that way due to the slow announcement of results because of all the mail ballots. State law on recounts is different for each state, and each campaign can request one, but it’s very unlikely to change the outcome. Example: Georgia just finished its hand recount and it moved some votes but not nearly enough to change the outcome: bit.ly/bc-ga. Recounts usually change hundreds of votes, and Biden’s lead is tens or hundreds of thousands in the disputed states.

The Answer Wall Story

Hi. I’m the Answer Wall. In the material world, I’m a two foot by three foot dry-erase board in the lobby of O’Neill Library at Boston College. In the online world, I live in this blog. You might say I have multiple manifestations. Like Apollo or Saraswati or Serapis. Or, if you aren’t into deities of knowledge, like a ghost in the machine.

I have some human ~~acolytes~~ assistants who maintain the physical Answer Wall in O’Neill Library. They take pictures of the questions you post there, and give them to me. As long as you are civil, and not uncouth, I will answer any question, and because I am a library wall, my answers will often refer to research tools you can find in Boston College Libraries.

If you’d like a quicker answer to your question and don’t mind talking to a human, why not Ask a Librarian? Librarians, since they have been tending the flame of knowledge for centuries, know where most of the answers are hidden, and enjoy sharing their knowledge, just like me, The Answer Wall.