> But it takes so long to aggregate the votes if done with paper ballots. This is also why the complaints of government being slow to respond to things are hol

> But it takes so long to aggregate the votes if done with paper ballots. This is also why the complaints of government being slow to respond to things are hollow: It's meant to act that way. Which is why Trump and his "Executive Orders" are problematic; that isn't to say they are problematic for previous administrations as well. At any rate, they exist for a certain purpose, but that freedom to use them has been abused pretty much from day one of their existence. Arguably, they are there mainly for emergency purposes, when something needs to be done fairly quickly, but is something that would take too long to have done thru ordinary channels (Congress, etc). It was probably (wrongly) assumed that Presidents would be wise and restrictive about their use (completely ignoring how human nature works of course). I only mention Trump because he jumped into using them almost before he was sworn in; but so far (from what I understand) he has yet to break any records for usage of them during a term (except for maybe speed). In fact, the record actually belongs to FDR (who had 4 terms, also WW2, so that might be a part of everything). In an emergency, I can understand their use, but outside of that, we (everyone, including the President) should trust in the slow plodding of our system. It may not be perfect or work out perfectly every time, but its lack of speed gives us time to reflect and make better decisions, IMHO.