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One issue is that "The US" doesn't manage any elections. The US states manage 50 different elections on the same day, with different rules, oversight, and proc
by InitialLastName 6y ago
One issue is that "The US" doesn't manage any elections. The US states manage 50 different elections on the same day, with different rules, oversight, and processes, in many cases administered by the same people who are up for election, often also with 3rd-world-country levels of funding.
To add, at the local level, voter suppression strongly benefits incumbent candidates, so there's not really an incentive to make the election process easy and smooth.
- Darmody 6y agoIt doesn't matter if it's done country wide or at federal level. The US is a very developed country that could do that if those in charge were willing to do it. It's not nuclear physics.
- InitialLastName 6y agoI fully agree. Unfortunately, and as I mentioned, those in charge (of that decision) benefit wholeheartedly from the status quo.
- lwkl 6y agoI think the thing about distribution is similar here. Your municipality sends and counts your vote at least in Switzerland. From what I‘ve read here, it sounds a lot of European countries have a similar process as ours. In Switzerland every adult citizen get‘s a ballot sent home for every election and referendum. I don‘t know of there‘s a way to unsubscribe. You can send it by mail or take it to the polls on election day. I can‘t imagine why you would restrict voting more than that (except for political games).