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redgreenandblue

(2,088 posts)
Wed Mar 23, 2016, 11:22 AM Mar 2016

Seriously, when will the UN send election monitors into the US?

This is the first primary season that I have actively followed and I have to say, I am shocked about how chaotic it is.

I have voted in many elections in Germany. I have never experienced any of the following:

- Waiting in line for hours to vote.
- Voting on a weekday.
- Crazy screw-ups in the registration records.
- Super delegates with the power to overturn the popular vote.
- Coin tosses.
- Running out of ballots.
- Candidates being pressured into giving up after half of the country hasn't even voted yet.
- The utter clusterfuck that is known as "caucuses".
- People being unable to vote because they failed to announce their will to do so a month prior.
- A general sense of chaos and lack of transparency.

About the only thing that could make the Democratic primaries worse would be a winner takes it all rule. Holy crap...

To be clear: This is not about one candidate or the other. Just some general observations.

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Seriously, when will the UN send election monitors into the US? (Original Post) redgreenandblue Mar 2016 OP
I wish they would. After my state went red in 2010, mmonk Mar 2016 #1
It's a terrible system farleftlib Mar 2016 #2
Excellent points that should be at the top of every candidates agenda. JEB Mar 2016 #3
Never. nt hack89 Mar 2016 #4
I'm kind of looking on in horror. polly7 Mar 2016 #5
 

farleftlib

(2,125 posts)
2. It's a terrible system
Wed Mar 23, 2016, 11:32 AM
Mar 2016

for the voters and one that is very vulnerable to suppression and fraud. I think the only thing you missed was the bogus voter ID laws they've implemented recently.

See the election of 2000 for worst case scenario. And I believe things have gotten worse since then.

 

JEB

(4,748 posts)
3. Excellent points that should be at the top of every candidates agenda.
Wed Mar 23, 2016, 11:56 AM
Mar 2016

Clean this fucking mess up. It is no wonder folks don't bother voting. Here in Oregon we have vote by mail which seems to work well.

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