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> For president you have a piece of paper with two boxes on. Are you not even 18 or have you never voted? Depending on your state there were about 20 candidat
by lesuorac 1y ago
> For president you have a piece of paper with two boxes on.
Are you not even 18 or have you never voted?
Depending on your state there were about 20 candidates for president [1]. The fact that there's more than 2 has caused issues in the past where famously a candidate listed second on the ballot received a significant amount of votes in a county they were widely disliked [2].
[1]: https://ballotpedia.org/Presidential_candidates,_2024 https://ballotpedia.org/Presidential_candidates,_2024
[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_United_States_presidential_election_recount_in_Florida#Palm_Beach_County's_butterfly_ballot https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_United_States_presidentia...
- layer8 1y agoGP isn’t American.
- ta1243 1y agoFine Here's an electoral paper with 20 candidates. https://www.onlondon.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Screenshot-2021-05-12-at-14.07.04.png https://www.onlondon.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Screen... In this case it's even more complex as you get a second vote if your primary vote doesn't finish in the top two. Machines aren't needed
- esseph 1y ago> Machines aren't needed Wow. What happens if you do 3 counts and get 3 vastly different outcomes?