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Population 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
by ggm 2y ago
Population 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.