Airborne_Again wrote:
Any country which accepts postal votes could expect delays.
In the UK we have postal voting available on demand and there are no such delays.
However, our system is that the postal vote must be received by the polling station by the time the polls close (2200hrs generally). Postal (or any other delays) don’t matter – if it isn’t received in time then it isn’t counted, same as if you were late to the polling station when voting in person.
The postal ballots are sent out to voters who request them about two weeks before election day and general practice is to complete and return them almost immediately. The issue of ‘late votes’ has never really raised its head.
Malibuflyer wrote:
I absolutely support that there is the opportunity for early and remote voting for people who can not make it physically to a polling station. It is, however, in my opinion an abuse of such a privilege, if one party uses it to log in an intermediary sentiment rather than waiting for Election Day.
When the country is divided 50/50, and the counts in some states is so close, then it is vital that transparency is key. Arizona last night ’’found’’ 600,000 votes, and these were introduced to the count. Sorry but this cannot be right. By all means have a postal system, as early as you like but there has to be an end stop to acceptance of votes. This should be on polling day when the polls close.
I appreciate it it is MSM, but yet again the biased drivel being put out by BBC and Channel 4 is quite staggering. Both candidates should be questioning the relevancy of the count. It also did not make things any better by the Dems totally miscalculating the size and power of the Trump vote.
MedEwok wrote:
Putin
“The illusion of choice” becomes an unexpected underdog story in the Russian elections: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/24/world/europe/russia-election-mayor.html
Malibuflyer wrote:
so called journalists in the major networks still see their role more in campaigning rather than in reporting
I think this is a cultural thing. In the US, television is partisan whilst newspapers are impartial; in Europe (or at least UK), newspapers are partisan whilst broadcasters are neutral.
Capitaine wrote:
partisan whilst broadcasters are neutral.
Certainly not on BBC Radio Scotland. I honestly thought yesterday morning when Trump was indicated as ahead that they were going to close the show….
Not the Polish state TV either. Not one of the many channels they run, including children’s shows. They don’t even try to pretend they are impartial anymore.
tmo wrote:
Not the Polish state TV either. Not one of the many channels they run, including children’s shows. They don’t even try to pretend they are impartial anymore.
They used to pass themselves off as journalists but they are now just puppets for whatever current monster owns the station. It is interesting that here in the UK the BBC has dumped a large number of decent, fair and open journos, who either no longer tread the path, or they themselves have decided to retain some dignity and leave.
Malibuflyer wrote:
Presidential systems are by definition “winner takes it all” systems
The US system is hardly winner takes all system. The electoral college while first past the post, still tries to ensure that smaller states have an influence. But more importantly the congress is elected every two years and Trump got his wings clipped two years ago. On the flip side if Biden gets in he will still have to contend with a “hostile” sensate, but he will have the control of the purse strings for two years with a democratic congress.
Contrast this with the very simple system in the UK…
Actually racists are equally “left wing” and “right wing”. Russian communists (actually all those running the Soviet Bloc countries) always were extremely racist.
Those two labels are not all that useful these days because there is an overlap right across between them and the wealth spectrum. For example in Europe there is a large number of “champagne socialists”…
Peter wrote:
For example in Europe there is a large number of “champagne socialists”…
And for balance…..Totally poor right wing Nazis. Both equally sickening….
