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As an Australian, it's mind blowing that there's no nation-wide agency to run elections. Yes, I know about Federalism, but with states like Texas and Florida ar

• bpodgursky 5y ago
  As an Australian, you have more important problems to solve than lecturing other people about democracy.
  • jcrawfordor 5y ago
    Sort of an aside to your point, but Australia is actually a bit of a leader in the rigorous consideration of election practices. Today we mostly think of this in terms of Australia having pioneered large-scale use of STV, but it goes well before that... the predominant voting method used in the United States is often called the Australian Ballot, for example. Australia has a history of unusual voting policies which have proven successful, although certainly some that have proven unsuccessful as well.
  • liamwire 5y ago
    As an Australian, I think we can walk and chew gum at the same time. So beyond your pissant deflection, do you have an actual, contributory response to the discussion?
• ipspam 5y ago
  That's a funny comment considering how Texas and Florida didn't make last minute changes to elections laws and had their Rally's and counts done in a very timely fashion. I agree with the thrust of your argument, but for exactly the opposite of the state's you mentioned.
  • astura 5y ago
    Are you talking about modifying elections as a result of COVID-19? Most states in the union did, including Texas and Florida. https://ballotpedia.org/Changes_to_election_dates,_procedures,_and_administration_in_response_to_the_coronavirus_(COVID-19)_pandemic,_2020 https://ballotpedia.org/Changes_to_election_dates,_procedure...