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Utah governor mulls measure eliminating universal mail-in voting
- ggm 2y agoPopulation of Utah: 3.5m people. Struggles with vote counting according to one side of politics, unhappy with postal system which that same side of politics has systematically destroyed, as a government service. Uses voting machines. Low fraud rates. Oddly, the side of politics unhappy with vote counting votes a Republican governor and legislative body so elects the party to government which doesn't seem to like how elections run. Population of Australia: 26m. Runs complex transferable vote, with mandatory voting (attend booth and spoil your paper if you like but attend or pay a fine) totally based on paper and pencil. Manages to consistently not fuck up the vote just fine. Low fraud rates. Gets a result inside tractable time, admittedly with a long tail. IDK, feels like Utah has a Utah problem not democracy has a democracy problem.
- toomuchtodo 2y ago“Maybe you do not care much about the future of the Republican Party. You should. Conservatives will always be with us. If conservatives become convinced that they can not win democratically, they will not abandon conservatism. They will reject democracy.” —- David Frum
- jfengel 2y ago“Lots of people wrongly believe that we have mass fraud in our elections, and it’s just not true, but we need to restore trust to them as well.” So you're going to go with the people that you admit are wrong. You're restoring their trust. Meantime, people who legitimately find it difficult to vote now know for a fact that their voices aren't being heard.