The Republican National Committee has ordered all party candidates to read the full midterm verdict aloud at every public rally, beginning this week in twelve states. Party officials confirmed that the tour will continue until the last speaker has finished reading the results from every county, a process they expect to take most of the spring.
Under the new rules, each speaker stands on a platform built for the purpose and reads the voter tally from a printed board, one district at a time. Campaign staff have been instructed to set up benches, water stations and a microphone at each stop, and local party offices have been asked to recruit volunteers to hold the board steady in the wind. A spokesman said the reading would stop only if a speaker finished the state's list early, which he described as unlikely.
Several candidates have already missed their scheduled stops after finding that the reading takes longer than planned. One Senate hopeful in a rural county reportedly read for eleven hours before his voice gave out, and the party has since approved a rotation of three speakers per event. Vice President J.D. Vance, who has described the outcome as a warning, is expected to lead the reading in the final state.
« We will read every number out loud so that no voter can say we looked away », a party official told reporters in a short statement, adding that the board will be carried to Washington once the tour ends.