02.18.08
Counting every vote
Posted in Barack Obama, Double bubble, ES&S, Elections, Hillary Clinton, Voting Rights, Washington Republican caucus, paper ballots, politics, voting, voting machines tagged California primary, Double bubble, Elections, ES&S, politics, vote counting, Washington caucuses at 3:28 pm by bluebanshee
Making ‘one person one vote’ a reality in this country
In the rush-rush hurry-hurry to announce election results there have already been some miscounts and uncounted ballots this primary season. This should not happen. If we are going to truly be a democracy of “one person one vote” we need to be sure that all ballots cast by eligible voters are counted.
For example, there’s the recent example in the Washington state Republican caucuses where the winner was declared in a close race before all the votes were counted. Entire counties did not have their results included in the tally: Read the rest of this entry »