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Election Tech: In Canada, They Actually Count the Votes

Posted by timothy on from the foil-vs.-counterfoil dept.

Presto Vivace writes with this outline of what voting can look like while remaining countable and anonymous — and how it does look north of the U.S. border. "In Canada, they use hand-marked paper ballots, hand counted in public. Among other things, that process means that we can actually be sure who won. And if the elections of 2000 and 2008 are any guide, and the race stays as close as the pollsters sat it is, we might, on Wednesday, November 7, not be sure who won." Any Canadians among our readers who want to comment on this?"

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  1. Perfect by fustakrakich · · Score: 5, Funny

    If we don't know who won, we won't know who to blame.. Exactly what the politician wants.

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    “He’s not deformed, he’s just drunk!”
  2. You know where else they hand count the ballots? by cashman73 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Florida.

  3. Re:10x the population by tofubeer · · Score: 5, Funny

    "The US population is not that dense."

    are you sure about that?

  4. Re:I'm Canadian by maxwell+demon · · Score: 5, Funny

    The problem is we havent seen TRUE computer voting in action.

    You're right. In the end, it's still the people who vote. It's time to change that. ;-)

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    The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers.