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The American voting system seems broken in many ways that have not much to do using paper. Elections taking place on tuesdays instead of weekends for some reas
by PoignardAzur 5y ago
The American voting system seems broken in many ways that have not much to do using paper.
Elections taking place on tuesdays instead of weekends for some reason, low polling-places-per-voters ratio (though numbers are hard to find), ballots with multiple non-trivial questions, etc.
Before turning to voting machines, there's a lot that could be changed at every level. Moving Election Day to weekends would be a good start.
- toyg 5y agoThe American voting system is broken by design. There used to be reasons and conventions, and there is a somewhat excessive regard for states rights, but you could build a system that keeps that regard while being sane and fair. The fact that the US political classes would rather focus on gerrymandering instead, tells you all that you need to know about motives.
- touisteur 5y agoI don't even understand the concept of voting on workdays. WTF. This is a sacred thing! Especially if you want citizens of all horizons participating (and I want people from all sides to check on each other - without being too disruptive by default... I mean there's a process for reporting and all - doing it on a weekend is a minimum. See, no need for fancy tech. Paid officials and unpaid volunteers manning everything.