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Buddyzbuddy

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5. Just one person's thought.
Thu Jan 2, 2025, 08:10 PM
Jan 2025

Sure, it could be an innocent oversight. But, what if it wasn't? I don't want to go down some rabbit hole. An investigation is absolutely warranted. 200 voters, that we know of, were disenfranchised. How do you make it up to them, first. Regardless of whom they voted for in the election. Second, to us, for creating grounds for doubt in our elections. Nobody should be in charge of vote counting that sees 200 hundred votes that have not been counted and the response is, it didn't affect the outcome of any race or referendum. That's not good enough.
Laws and penalties must reflect the importance and seriousness that we as citizens purport to have for these institutions.
We, as citizens, don't need election results at the minute, the polls close.The media does. Isn't it more important to get it right. Maybe we should slow the process down. For example, implement a 24 hour cooling of period to report the 1st results. Institute deadlines in reverse. Instead of secondary updates with a deadline of "by such and such date" we change it to "not until such and such date". That would be state controlled. The Federal government could, not easily, change some of their deadlines. I just now, upon reading this post started brainstorming, so I haven't considered the details and ramifications of these ideas. But it's just that, an idea. One that should be bipartisan.
I am guilty. I stay glued to the media, waiting for results but what if we knew we wouldn't know for at least 24 hours. The pressure would be relieved across the board.

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