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Originally posted by loco12
I watched a program by the BBC last night which showed what a mess the voting proceedure is in the states.
It pointed out that voting by an electronic device in a polling station was a vot that was almost impossible to check on a recount. Cards are rejected if the puch hole is not smack in the centre etc etc.
Why not use the method which has worked for CENTURIES in the UK? A card with all the candidates, with a little box next to their name wich you put a cross. Simple. The card is them placed in a secure box, under guard by a policeman. At 10 pm, when voting finishes, all the cards are checked and the winner is the one with the most votes!
So easy and FOOLPROOF.
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First, nothing personal, but fuck your BBC report. BBC airs programming that always is going into it with a slant against the US.
Secondly, to answer your question about why we don't put an X in a box like you do . . . and I can't believe I have to point out the obvious:
Population Estimates UK population rises to 59.6 million in 2003. . . . .and how many candidates? How many Propositions do you vote on? Judges? Senators? Reps? Local reps? State, County, City and District meansures do you have to vote on in every election?
We have a shit load more voters here, we try to evolve. There are ways to do jobs easier, and quicker.
The issue about the hole puch down the center must be some local jurisdiction, as we have been doing punch as ling as I have been voting I think (33 years), and it would be pretty difficult to not punch in the center. YOu would have to load the ballot incorrectly into its holder to mess it up.