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> You have been duped by hysterics. > The US certainly has problems. Election integrity isn't one of them. The US has a real problem with perceptions of elect
by skissane 4y ago
> You have been duped by hysterics.
> The US certainly has problems. Election integrity isn't one of them.
The US has a real problem with perceptions of election integrity. You may argue that’s all because one side is duping people-but even if that’s right, the real flaws in US election administration make it easier for people to believe those claims, and addressing those flaws - for example, elections being run by elected officials rather than independent electoral commissions as in most other English-speaking countries-will make them less believable, and hence help prevent people being duped.
> Read here about the Australian election. The official result can take up to ten days.
A large part of why it takes so long here, is because Australia has a significantly more complex voting system than the US - a combination of ranked choice (or “preferential voting” as we call it) and single transferable vote, instead of first-past-the-post - so how long it takes here isn’t really relevant to how long it takes in the US.
Furthermore, a big reason why claims of election fraud are far less believable in Australia, is because we have an impartial/independent/apolitical and highly respected government agency, the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC), which fully runs all national elections, and also controls redistricting - and each state has its own state-based equivalent which does the same for state and local elections. Australia’s system is miles more trustworthy than the US system of leaving the management of the process to elected state and local politicians.