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At first I did too, but then I thought about peoples handwriting and how it might be very hard to read the numbers. Then imagine a political fight over how many
by treeform 6y ago
At first I did too, but then I thought about peoples handwriting and how it might be very hard to read the numbers. Then imagine a political fight over how many 1s are actually 7s?
- jacques_chester 6y agoAustralia has done this for a century. It's not that hard. You have official counters and each candidate can appoint scrutineers to observe the count[0]. Scrutineers can challenge how a ballot has been counted: "I think that's actually a 7, not a 1". If the count supervisor agrees, it's changed. If not, then not. If it's ruled impossible to distinguish, the ballot is considered informal and removed from the count entirely. [0] https://www.abc.net.au/cm/rimage/7570634-3x2-xlarge.jpg?v=6 https://www.abc.net.au/cm/rimage/7570634-3x2-xlarge.jpg?v=6