FreeDuck wrote:I'm with you and sozobe on this too. Maybe now that the other party is on the losing end, we'll see some investigation and improvement of the process.
Well our state is firmly in the grasp of the 'winning party' and has been for some time. Our governor took it upon himself to reform our voting system by eliminating voting machines altogether and going back to strictly paper ballots. Result? At least two precincts received only a fraction of the ballots needed and quickly ran out. People were turned away and told to come back later. Yeah right. It likely caused the loss of votes that would have gone to one or both candidates in an extremely close race vying for District 1 House Rep.
As the two precincts included a heavy majority of registered Republican voters, of course it looked fishy to the Republicans however inadvertent it might have been. The chance that the majority party will look into it voluntarily, however, are slim and none.
But there are always going to be glitches and irregularities, some intended, some not. I just don't believe there were enough of them to account for all the Democrat wins in this election.