Comments by "Goatcha" (@Goatcha_M) on "These Lawsuits Might Determine the Election (ft. Liz Dye)" video.

The reason hand-counts take so long in the US is because you haven't bothered to maintain the infrastructure or hire the personnel for it. We only do hand-counts in Australia and it doesn't stop the results being out the next day.
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@Adyen11234 LOL, indeed. Although actually most poll workers are volunteers, mostly retirees, who get paid a nominal $20-30 a day, so its not actually that expensive, does need some funding, but how much do those machines cost? Paper Ballots are always more secure too. Also helps that we have clear and consistent rules set out by an Independent National Electoral Commission so you don't have eg. 3 different ways to vote in 3 different Counties in the same State, let alone nationally, And because voting is compulsory there is no motivation to disenfranchise people.
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@SeddersShots True, but that also means you have more people to do the counting. The ratios stay the same even as population shifts. The US used to do hand counts everywhere too and the UK still does Paper Ballots and it has a decent population.
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