R: Re: R: Re: CHAT (POLITICS!!!): Putting the duh in Florida

Nik wrote:

> Mangiat wrote:
> > Here on the other side of the pond votes are *always* counted manually
(at
> > least in Italy). Nevertheless, we have the results the day after...
>
> Hmmm ... how many counters do you have?
Mmm, in my little village (1800 inhabitants) about 15, 20 maybe.

That is about 0.8% of the population. In greater towns the average should be
lower. The number of voters, OTOH, is costantly decreasing (today only the
70-75% of the population goes to vote during the national elections).

Luca

>  Personally, I think we should
> go electronic.  Electronic voting machines are more accurate, and have
> less chance of accidental invalidation (i.e., people voting for two
> different people), and count instantly