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hunter

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29. Anything other than hand marked paper ballots is bullshit with great potential for abuse.

Tue Nov 15, 2022, 10:26 AM

Nov 2022

With adequate safeguards electronic tabulating is acceptable.

I'm pretty satisfied with California's system, unwieldy as it is. Democracy is a messy business.

I also think there's too much on the ballot -- work that our elected officials should be doing themselves.

Timid "let the voters decide" legislators, and huge corporations that hire armies of paid signature collectors for their petitions, complicate our ballots. We have to vote for too many issues and for too many offices that would be better handled by boring non-partisan bureaucracies.

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Ok would you people PLEASE get your election shit together [View all] TrogL Nov 2022 OP

I want the fewest barriers to voting, and to have as many legal votes counted as possible. RockRaven Nov 2022 #1

Exactly. California should be the example for every state to follow. All registered voters are JohnSJ Nov 2022 #2

Ok, therein lies thr difference TrogL Nov 2022 #4

I really wish we had snap elections, that would mitigate a demented psychopath traitor of President msfiddlestix Nov 2022 #32

As long as all the valid ballots are counted properly, it doesn't matter if it takes Justice matters. Nov 2022 #3

Again, American exceptionalism. Somehow Brazil, UK, and Canada get new govts running in a few days Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2022 #14

In Canada, the parliament is "suspended" some 40 days before the vote and... Justice matters. Nov 2022 #36

Lame ducks can work the other way too, against Democrats. But re Canada, not quite like you say Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2022 #39

your voting laws are not at least in part written by those who'd like see slavery return nt msongs Nov 2022 #5

We have ten times the number of people ZZenith Nov 2022 #6

50 states, ###### voting jurisdictions elleng Nov 2022 #7

We're not Canada. We have about 10 times your population. MerryBlooms Nov 2022 #8

This message was self-deleted by its author Celerity Nov 2022 #10

It seems you have little interest in learning how to do better. "End of discussion"? Really? Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2022 #12

Lol, thank you. BlackSkimmer Nov 2022 #38

You are not Brazil either. It has same population as US roughly and is done in one day Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2022 #13

That means there are 10 times more people able to count and observe. Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2022 #17

We should be MORE like Canada AntivaxHunters Nov 2022 #19

This message was self-deleted by its author Celerity Nov 2022 #21

"Step down". BlackSkimmer Nov 2022 #24

I love voting by mail. love_katz Nov 2022 #9

US has world's most complicated health system, most complicated elections, and tax system Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2022 #11

Wealthy U.S. Americans get overly expensive, inappropriate, and potentially deadly health care too. hunter Nov 2022 #25

In defense of Americans, their ballots are much longer and may have referendums, etc. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2022 #15

Thank you, thank you, thank you. Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2022 #16

Are people complaining about something that really isn't an issue? Kaleva Nov 2022 #18

How many races do you vote for at a time? brooklynite Nov 2022 #20

The USA does not have just one type of voting. LiberalFighter Nov 2022 #22

Anything other than hand marked paper ballots is bullshit with great potential for abuse. hunter Nov 2022 #29

I agree with the petitions and issues. LiberalFighter Nov 2022 #30

You post it every 2 years but Canada only has important federal elections every 4 years. grantcart Nov 2022 #23

Well, then, if you have so much electioneering, perhaps you can "get your shit together" as you advi Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2022 #26

It's inthewind21 Nov 2022 #27

I know it's the Constitution for the Electoral College & lame ducks. It COULD be fixed but isn't Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2022 #28

It is not that easy to fix. LiberalFighter Nov 2022 #31

Agree on all four sentences. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2022 #35

We tried getting our shit together. The problem is with Republicans blocking those efforts. LiberalFighter Nov 2022 #33

Yes, those are problems. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2022 #34

The reality is that the US is not a homogeneous population grantcart Nov 2022 #40

Thank you for your reasoned & well written post. I'll say neither are Canada or Brazil "homogenous" Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2022 #42

Why the fuck does it matter how long they take to count votes as long as... jcgoldie Nov 2022 #37

It doesn't but some people can't simply rejoice that we grantcart Nov 2022 #41