@[email protected] to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish • 3 months agoGeorgia Election Board Orders Hand-Counting of Ballots |Critics say the move could significantly delay the reporting of results in the battleground state and inject chaos into the post-election periodwww.nytimes.commessage-square47fedilinkarrow-up1260cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1260external-linkGeorgia Election Board Orders Hand-Counting of Ballots |Critics say the move could significantly delay the reporting of results in the battleground state and inject chaos into the post-election periodwww.nytimes.com@[email protected] to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish • 3 months agomessage-square47fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-square@[email protected]OPlinkfedilink3•edit-23 months agoBecause you can do it well at small scale at modest expense. It’s expensive to do well and fast for ballots with lots of offices and in large numbers. This decision, unaccompanied by money to hire people, basically guarantees chaos.
minus-square@[email protected]OPlinkfedilink1•3 months agoPretty simple: They require three people on each count. One is a Republican, one a Democrat, one an election worker There isn’t money to hire election workers, so they can’t count the ballots fast The Republicans are going to raise all sorts of random objections with no real basis The slow counting in urban areas plus the spurious objections creates an excuse for local boards to refuse to certify the results This in turn means no EVs from Georgia, so the election gets tossed to the house
minus-square@[email protected]OPlinkfedilink1•3 months agoThey’re pretty explicit about the plan here: chaos, providing an excuse to ignore actual votes
minus-square@[email protected]OPlinkfedilink1•3 months agoThe election board has a majority who deny the 2020 results. What exactly do you think they’re planning to do?
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Because you can do it well at small scale at modest expense. It’s expensive to do well and fast for ballots with lots of offices and in large numbers.
This decision, unaccompanied by money to hire people, basically guarantees chaos.
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Pretty simple:
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They’re pretty explicit about the plan here: chaos, providing an excuse to ignore actual votes
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The election board has a majority who deny the 2020 results. What exactly do you think they’re planning to do?
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