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What need is there for instant tallies? Elections are usually in November, winners take office in January. Plenty of time to sort it out if there's a question
by sverige 8y ago
What need is there for instant tallies? Elections are usually in November, winners take office in January. Plenty of time to sort it out if there's a question. It has worked mostly pretty well for a long time.
And I have yet to see the expense directly compared. How much do the machines cost to purchase and maintain? How much does the overtime for election officials to count the ballots?
- setr 8y agowell, it's also meant to eliminate the issue of recounts, can be better audited as a process, and minimizes human error in what is a very manual and repetitive task. tbh if computers should be used anywhere, its in something like this. It's literally counting, and a lot of it but alas
- nightcracker 8y ago> can be better audited as a process What could possibly be better audited than a public count that any concerned citizen can visit to oversee? Digital machines are as opaque as it gets for auditing.
- XorNot 8y agoAnd single points of compromise. The biggest problem with all conspiracy theories is that they require an implausibly large number of people to stay silent. Whereas computers stay silent by default, and let one person in the right place potentially control everything.
- rtkwe 8y agoPeople want the news as quickly as possible. > Elections are usually in November, winners take office in January. Plenty of time to sort it out if there's a question. This is an issue as you reach larger offices in particular the presidency where there's an entire transition process that has to happen where the incoming president has to pull together the team to run the state and get read into all the various secret programs so that day 1 they're ready to run the country.