Am 29 Jul 19  17:19:28 schrob BOB ACKLEY an ALL  zum Thema 
<Elections>

BA> Over the past twenty years in 
BA> the United State there have been myriad occurrences of election fraud; 
BA> years ago one precinct reported over 300 votes cast on election day, 
BA> but then the ballot box was opened later there were only fifty ballots 
BA> in it.  Unfortunately that was not an isolated occurrence, many 
BA> precincts have reported more votes cast than people who actually voted.

Isn't all of this public?
I don't know how it works in the USA, but don't you have volunteers from
multiple parties in the polling stations? Don't they have to show the empty
ballot boxes to everyone before voting starts? Don't they sit there until all
stations close and make sure everyone just puts one ballot into the box? Don't
they sort and check them all together in public and then - also in public -
count them twice by different persons? Don't the results get published for
every polling station?

BA> Another problem with elections in this country is voter suppression.  
BA> Some suppression is done by local officials, but in my view a bigger 
BA> problem is people who hang around polling places for the purpose of 
BA> intimidating voters.

And by not voting, they would intimidate the ones that you want to select
randomly.

BA> Yet another problem with elections in this country is the fact that 
BA> politicians literally buy peoples' votes by promising them all sorts 
BA> of "free" government "benefits."

Don't they lie about that?

BA> Some people, particularly but not exclusively those of the leftist 
BA> persuasion, refuse to accept the results of elections

And rolling dice would be more likely to be accepted? I doubt it.

BA> If elections are no longer the best method of selecting public 
BA> officials, how should we do it?  My personal preference is to eliminate 
BA> elections entirely and adopt a random selection process that selectes 
BA> citizens from within the jurisdiction of the office to serve in the 
BA> position for one and only one term of office.

I thought you wanted to come up with having the people make every decision by
themselves. But random? First of all, how can you make sure, it actually is
random? No one can verify if it was randomness that lead to the result. But
assuming it was random, what if you select someone who has Alzheimer's or a
mentally handicapped person?



Tschoe mit Oe
Gerhard
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