There is also a backside with more political parties.
rhubarboretum on
There must be a middleground between two gerrymandered options and this.
mrggy on
How many positions/races does that include? When I lived in Texas, my ballot included the big elections like President and Senator, but also small local races like County Comptroller and the local Water Board.
If your ballot contains a bunch of different positions, this is slightly more understandable, but if it’s just voting for your MP, that’s wild
gophergun on
Gekoloniseerd!
Actual_Drink_9327 on
For this particular case, I wouldn’t be against electronic voting, or whatever safe method can be invented for a voter simply naming his favorite candidates for specific positions.
vodkagrandma on
wow i thought australian ballots were huge
Dominoscraft on
Thought it was dna
Harreso on
Some Dutch jurisdictions are experimenting with a new ballot now where you first select a party and next select a candidate number. This set up fits on a single A3 sheet and could make handling much easier
Frostsorrow on
Do you have a longest ballot initive in the Netherlands as well? When PP got reelected in Alberta they basically broke elections Canada with how long the ballots were.
pemb on
Meanwhile I just go into a cabin and type numbers into a keyboard here in Brazil.
Yeah, yeah, I know, electronic voting bad, I guess someone did smear shit on a keyboard once, among other vandalism attempts, so that’s always a risk, and feel free to link that Tom Scott video below.
But as far as electronic voting goes, we’ve done a better job at scale than anyone else I’m aware of. And the distinctive beeping at the end is 10/10.
HJM9X on
This wont be the offical ballot used during the election, as these are printed on both sides, these you get in the mail so you can make a informed choice.
The final one will be even bigger
colonel_vgp on
Democracy is good, but don’t you have a way to vote online (or at least via a computer at the election station)?
This seems like a waste of paper. Even generating a qr code (with your choice) and putting that as ballot seems better.
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There is also a backside with more political parties.
There must be a middleground between two gerrymandered options and this.
How many positions/races does that include? When I lived in Texas, my ballot included the big elections like President and Senator, but also small local races like County Comptroller and the local Water Board.
If your ballot contains a bunch of different positions, this is slightly more understandable, but if it’s just voting for your MP, that’s wild
Gekoloniseerd!
For this particular case, I wouldn’t be against electronic voting, or whatever safe method can be invented for a voter simply naming his favorite candidates for specific positions.
wow i thought australian ballots were huge
Thought it was dna
Some Dutch jurisdictions are experimenting with a new ballot now where you first select a party and next select a candidate number. This set up fits on a single A3 sheet and could make handling much easier
Do you have a longest ballot initive in the Netherlands as well? When PP got reelected in Alberta they basically broke elections Canada with how long the ballots were.
Meanwhile I just go into a cabin and type numbers into a keyboard here in Brazil.
Yeah, yeah, I know, electronic voting bad, I guess someone did smear shit on a keyboard once, among other vandalism attempts, so that’s always a risk, and feel free to link that Tom Scott video below.
But as far as electronic voting goes, we’ve done a better job at scale than anyone else I’m aware of. And the distinctive beeping at the end is 10/10.
This wont be the offical ballot used during the election, as these are printed on both sides, these you get in the mail so you can make a informed choice.
The final one will be even bigger
Democracy is good, but don’t you have a way to vote online (or at least via a computer at the election station)?
This seems like a waste of paper. Even generating a qr code (with your choice) and putting that as ballot seems better.