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Then we can debate whether or not a bubble has been completely filled in. Or if a "hanging Chad" counts as a vote.
by stephengillie 9y ago
Then we can debate whether or not a bubble has been completely filled in. Or if a "hanging Chad" counts as a vote.
- wang_li 9y agoIt seems perfectly reasonable to not count votes that are unclear. It's not a complex procedure to fill in a circle on a scantron, if you can't follow the directions, then too bad for you and your vote and your preferred candidates.
- pedrocr 9y agoYes, the US has been able to screw up even paper elections in an attempt to make counting supposedly faster. Most other countries just use a paper ballot with some squares next to the candidates and you mark with an X. Any deviation from that is a null vote because the voter could try to identify himself otherwise. Our elections run smoothly every time and we have well counted results in a few hours at most, faster than the US is ever able to accomplish from what I've seen.
- nickpeterson 9y agoWhich country is this?
- pedrocr 9y agoI'm in Portugal. Most of Europe is the same, Canada too.
- nickpeterson 9y agoDoesn't Portugal have widespread corruption, especially in regards to political parties and parliament?
- pedrocr 9y agoPerception of corruption is about on par with the US in the studies I've seen. That's mostly unrelated to quality of the election process though. There the US is quite a long way back. The Bush/Gore mess would never happen here.