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Hey I didn't mean to bash the Australian system. It seems great! My point was just to illustrate that the idea of elections with "immidiate result" "total tran
by geysersam 4y ago
Hey I didn't mean to bash the Australian system. It seems great!
My point was just to illustrate that the idea of elections with "immidiate result" "total transparency" "exactly accurate" is neither realistic or necessary in a well functioning democracy.
Democracy is not in the decimal place of the accuracy of the election result. It's a combination of factors about of how political disagreement is handled. Separation of powers. Anti corruption work. Etc.
- caf 4y agoOh yeah, just wanted to provide some necessary context for those reading our links. I'm not sure I'd put the case that Australian elections are overall counted particularly fast, they do seem to be well resourced though.