Want faster election results? California Democrats won’t clamp down on late voters
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What’s the rush? Voting is a fundamental right of every citizen. This is the kind of argument people who stand to lose when all votes are counted restore to. Democracy takes time. Let it take time. There’s no rush.
Yeah. Voting should be a week long process at least, and anything other than a conclusive win should result in a run off.
I agree, but I also see a tradeoff: people instinctively feel a greater sense of agency when the effects of their actions are closer to the cause; if it comes weeks later it can seem more random even if it’s more reliable. Even if people know their votes counted, it can feel disempowering and depress future turnout.
The effects of the actions have to wait until January anyway.
People walk their vote-by-mail ballots down to their local polling place at 7pm and wonder why their ballots haven't been counted by 8pm.
I'm in favor of doing everything possible to count ballots as quickly as possible as long as it doesn't effect accuracy.
More states and counties should be as accommodating to the people's rights to vote as California.
I want accurate elections that are as easy as possible for voters to participate in.
IDGAF if that upsets news anchors, Republicans & gamblers.
It also really doesn't matter given the US uses fixed terms, so politicians can't be seated earlier anyway.
California actively makes voting as easy as possible, protecting every citizen's right to do so despite disabilities, travel, Acts of God, and Acts of Trump. It took me a few days to fill out my ballot this time because I took time to find out about all the candidates for smaller offices and the money behind/opposing the various propositions and initiatives. But that's cool, I had my feet up at home doing it, and the information booklet they send is always a good start. Then I walked to the ballot box because for the first time I felt less sure about USPS. I got my text saying my ballot had been received and would be counted. It doesn't bother me if like Mr. Rogers, they "like to take the time to get it right." 🎶
Drawing out the vote counting process opens up certain kinds of fraud, mostly benefiting the party with the best mobilization so that they can scramble to harvest votes if they need them. On the other hand, making this kind of fraud more difficult opens up other kinds of fraud or voter disenfranchisement which can benefit a different party.