<s>Oh my god, what would the U.S. media do if it couldn't report the results of an election in minutes or hours, and it might even take days or weeks for some e

<s>Oh my god, what would the U.S. media do if it couldn't report the results of an election in minutes or hours, and it might even take days or weeks for some elections! A democracy wouldn't survive without computerized tabulation of votes, ridiculously expensive proprietary voting machines, or even electricity!</s>