Romney would have won if it had all come down to Ohio - Harvey Wasserman

[TheKentuckian]

62. Once you have motive, opportunity, and know way to verify how does it matter?

It seems such conditions are beyond unacceptable for as something as fundamentally important as our voting process.

Concerned about the process or believing in a conspiracy, it makes no functional difference. A sane process makes for less theories and less concern.

Also, sometimes there are actual conspiracies, the word exists in many languages for a reason and before they are proven they are theories. That is the nature of the beast.

The lack of transparency and ability to independently verify EARN such suspicion, to not be somewhat cynical is a dereliction of duty as a citizen.

There is little possibility of a fact based conversation because we have permitted a process where facts are unobtainable and so an argument of circumstantial and anecdotal evidence breaks out.
I would think that even those fairly certain that things are on the up and up would want a process they KNOW is rather than their best guess and most of those that now have questions would not if the mist was rolled back.

Who cares if the glass is half full or half empty? How does that change the volume? There is a half glass of water and that is that, it doesn't change not a single drop based on perspective.

The default position would seem to logically be for transparent and verifiable elections, it is for those who wish to argue that default to convince.The fact that all elections are not transparent and verifiable means that any all questions are deserved and reasonable, in my opinion.

Certainly nothing to be indignant about. Cheating and trying to cheat in election is about as old as voting, it is probably best that cynics have a great purpose in this area.
Plus, the system is an institution. The more faith can be created the better the function and greater the participation which increases the strength, viability, and the broadest benefit of our self governance.

You don't shut the conspiracy minded up by arguing, you do it by eliminating the planks they stand on by cleaning up the process which is as sane a thing as can be no matter how nutty and flaky you think the arguments and people making them are.