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Magoo48

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25. Germany must desire fair elections. If our politicians really wanted fair elections, we would have them.

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Germany hand counts their ballots, results in quickly [View all] keepthemhonestO Feb 2025 OP

We don't even have time enough to vote. yourout Feb 2025 #1

Yes keepthemhonestO Feb 2025 #3

Maybe Rebl2 Feb 2025 #22

And now that DENVERPOPS Feb 2025 #26

Better yet, 100% mail-in voting. OMGWTF Feb 2025 #31

If we don't stop them, Elon's AI will be counting them Nictuku Feb 2025 #2

Correct keepthemhonestO Feb 2025 #4

AI counting? Aussie105 Feb 2025 #6

Exactly keepthemhonestO Feb 2025 #8

Yes. AI *LIES* We know this. Silver Gaia Feb 2025 #23

Can't happen here. Musk and the tech billionaires can't rig elections with hand count ballots. Irish_Dem Feb 2025 #5

I'm optimistic keepthemhonestO Feb 2025 #9

I sincerely hope you are correct. Irish_Dem Feb 2025 #10

Me, too. Silver Gaia Feb 2025 #24

They one had one race to vote on didn't they? rurallib Feb 2025 #7

I don't know keepthemhonestO Feb 2025 #12

They counted primary ballots by hand. Now a Texas county Republican party says they found errors. LeftInTX Feb 2025 #20

And this is when the SCOTUS stepped in to decide the race for us. slightlv Feb 2025 #36

the grim reality is that many voters have no clue at all what is going on cadoman Feb 2025 #48

Election conspiracy theories fueled a push to hand-count votes, but doing so is risky and slow LeftInTX Feb 2025 #21

Why would anyone want to count the entire county at once? questionseverything Feb 2025 #32

That's what they did. They only have 13 precincts. LeftInTX Feb 2025 #34

Aren't " county wide votes " reported precinct by precinct or not? questionseverything Feb 2025 #38

In my county, the precinct is determined by the ballot, not the location where it is cast. LeftInTX Feb 2025 #41

Yeah, but think it through. Igel Feb 2025 #37

Our elections are much more complicated than Germany's. Ocelot II Feb 2025 #11

When we get to the point of remaking the government once again, slightlv Feb 2025 #40

Article I of the Constitution gave the states the responsibility of overseeing the elections Ocelot II Feb 2025 #44

You're correct, of course, about Article I of the Constitution. slightlv Feb 2025 #46

One thing that definitely has to be Blue_Roses Feb 2025 #49

The people will decide Tickle Feb 2025 #50

That's how we ended up with Blue_Roses Feb 2025 #51

The fact that the population of Germany is about 1/4 that of the US might be a factor.... Sogo Feb 2025 #13

Ballots get counted at the precinct level, how big the entire country is has no barring questionseverything Feb 2025 #15

It's the ballots themselves. If you have one race, it's not so hard. LeftInTX Feb 2025 #18

No its not a factor. drray23 Feb 2025 #30

It's our ballot size. 30 races versus 2. LeftInTX Feb 2025 #33

This place reads like FR Mountainguy Feb 2025 #14

When Georgia's ballots were recounted many thousands of ballots were found questionseverything Feb 2025 #16

Those werent miscounts Mountainguy Feb 2025 #28

Whatever you want to call it, the first released totals were incorrect questionseverything Feb 2025 #29

What you call it can matter. Igel Feb 2025 #42

The people overseeing Mountainguy Feb 2025 #43

Facts about Germany's elections Wiz Imp Feb 2025 #17

Additional Facts on Germany Elections Wiz Imp Feb 2025 #19

Exactly. Our county would likely need to employ 50,000 people to accurately count votes! LeftInTX Feb 2025 #27

Gerrymandering doesn't matter for US presidential and Senate elections, either. n/t Igel Feb 2025 #45

Germany must desire fair elections. If our politicians really wanted fair elections, we would have them. Magoo48 Feb 2025 #25

Poll worker here: hand counting would be disatrous Wild blueberry Feb 2025 #35

That's actually pretty fast! LeftInTX Feb 2025 #39

Things were "off" and tallies weren't matching because hand counting is inaccurate and prone to mistakes MichMan Feb 2025 #52

That's because Germany organizes their elections differently: DetlefK Feb 2025 #47