You're listening to Breakpoint this Week, where we're talking about the top news stories

of the week from a Christian perspective.

Today, we're going to talk about the midterm elections that took place this past Tuesday,

what the results mean and don't mean, and specifically the results of several abortion-related

initiatives in multiple states.

We're also going to talk about politics as world view, how we should approach politics

and what it can and can't do for us.

So we have a lot to get to today. We're so glad you're with us. Stick around.

Welcome to Breakpoint this Week from the Colson Center for Christian World View.

I'm Maria Bear alongside John Stone Street, President of the Colson Center.

John, are you a voting in person kind of dude or do you do it by mail? Tell us your process.

My process. My process has a lot more to do with my state than anything else. Colorado has had a

mail-in vote for a long time and so the system actually works pretty well.

So the vast majority of voters in Colorado, I think. I didn't say the numbers this time, but

most voters vote through a mail-in ballot in Colorado.

So do they count them as like do they start counting them before Election Day? I'm fascinated by this.

I understand reasoning on both sides of this argument. But if it works really well as you say,

do they start counting them before Election Day? That's a great question.

I mean, every state does that differently and it makes no sense in some states and it's kind of

crazy where you have a state like Florida that's huge and not only populist, but between the last

election and this election exploded in population and then they can get results so quickly and then

other states seem to really struggle with it. So yeah, and a lot of it has to do with what

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