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kickaha ([personal profile] kickaha) wrote2004-11-01 11:21 pm

Oh! Oh! Forgot one other voting reform I'd do if I were in charge...

Voting would be for one 24-hour block, period. No more 'East coast finished up before West coast' crap and 'early returns'. All polls open at the same moment, and all polls close at the same moment. Nobody gets to use 'well so-and-so was already going to win' as an excuse to not vote.

[identity profile] cthulhim.livejournal.com 2004-11-02 08:13 pm (UTC)(link)
You'd also have to make exit polling illegal. It's not 100% accurate, but it could also sway voters if released early. See: Florida panhandle.

[identity profile] f-x.livejournal.com 2004-11-02 08:22 pm (UTC)(link)
I meant to include that in the "results". You can take an exit poll, but you can't release the results until the last of the polls have closed. Although personally, I wouldn't mind doing away with them altogether.