Every vote should be counted, however long it takes, but I think it's unaccetable that one of the richest nations in the world cannot reliably call elections on election night in a transparent and accountable manner when pretty much everyone else can. Fixing this is so important!https://twitter.com/PamKeithFL/status/1060885522103590916 …
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I know about all the issues but almost all of them are solveable problems. It would create a challenge only for a very small percentage of unusually close races—speedy delivery of mail-in ballots (USPS has the infrastructure for this), optical scan counts, risk-limiting audits...
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Length of time to result adds to drama, loss of trust and (even more) negative politicization of the electoral process and political uncertainty. Most of the obstacles are solveable—only a really really small subset of races should be outstanding next day. https://twitter.com/jennygadget/status/1060901628520198144 …
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I'm convinced that US election infrastructure is unacceptable and things like Broward shouldn't happen. Not convinced situation in CA caused by mail-in ballots is really a problem. As for election night, counterpoint are Irish elections as covered in recent
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CA mail-in ballots can be sped-up. It's not a giant problem mostly because of the way the state leans politically, but it would be much better to speed it up and it's totally possible.
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