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I would actually say that the decentralized and distributed nature of the polling places, combined with the well-designed voting machinery, gave me more confide
by burlesona 8y ago
I would actually say that the decentralized and distributed nature of the polling places, combined with the well-designed voting machinery, gave me more confidence that orchestrating voter or electoral fraud would be profoundly difficult.
From my experiences in other states, I would say it’s very possible to systematically lower voter turnout by making the process laborious, in part by having only a small number of polling places that you need to drive across town to access, and then by having long lines to vote (because so many people have to use the same polling place).
Given a choice between the two I personally would favor the decentralized model.
- chrisco255 8y agoHow would you avoid something like the debacle in Broward County, Florida where boxes of ballots were found post election day? What prevents that when random people are running the show?
- ianai 8y agoProperty tracking is a solved problem. Simply chose a model based on budget.
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- shereadsthenews 8y agoThat never happened except in the Fox News alternaverse. https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/election/article221484265.html https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/electio...
- SlowRobotAhead 8y agoIt is absolutely not decentralized though. It’s spaced out collection, still centralized accounting. All you are doing is allowing for more potential issues between collection and transport by having an insecure position up front.