Reply #18: Nope. ALL of America would be like Florida in 2000. [View All]

[MrUnderhill]

It would make us all nice and equal in THAT regard.

And now we have FIVE groups of counters/observers? Let's see... six presidential candidates, three for the house, two for senate, three for the state house and senate (each), six judges in one SC race and two in another, three in the gubernatorial race, three local judge positions (at least two each), three constitutional amendments and/or ballot issues, a few other state-level positions (SOS, AG, Lt Gov, etc) with at least two candidates for each, plus a handful of local races (sheriff, county commissioners of revenue, etc).

Call it around sixty "candidates" that need to be represented at EACH of those five tables...and..

NOW we're up to 300+ workers for MY precinct alone. Yep... we'll get these 1000 ballots counted in no time at all. Assuming none of those 300 wants to actually SEE any of the ballots from where they sit or (heaven forbid) CHALLENGE anything.

It also assumes that each candidate can FIND that many workers. There were more volunteers this year then ever before, and I couldn't possibly find enough to cover every precinct in my area with observers for each Democrat on the ballot.

"Circus" actually describes this quite well.