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We can tolerate errors in banking that we cannot in voting. Banking can be good enough, voting must be trusted to the most absolute degree.
by erispoe 10y ago
We can tolerate errors in banking that we cannot in voting. Banking can be good enough, voting must be trusted to the most absolute degree.
- specialist 10y agoFurther, our first past the post election voting system is especially brittle AND the window for detecting and correcting errors is very small.
- lambertsimnel 10y agoIf the United States were to adopt one practice from the Swiss government, proportional representation might do the most good.
- shortstuffsushi 10y agoIn the US, at least, we tolerate a fair amount of error. See the WI recount this election, which exposed the totals to be off by over one hundred votes. I'd be willing to bet if you recount again, it'd be off from that total as well. It isn't absolute is my point.
- aaron_m04 10y agoThe electoral college introduces quite a lot of error, but people don't seem to care enough to change it.