shockedcanadian
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If you want to know why the worlds citizens are looking to other nations for their leadership look no further than the inability for 50 relatively small states being unable to count a relatively small number of ballots in one day.
European nations run federal elections and the results are known that night. Ditto for police state Canada. One night, with an entire nations votes to count.
The seed has been planted, you are now supposed to accept incompetence and endangering of your vote. Don't take my word for it, read online comments from foreign citizens be it Indian, British, Japanese or Aussies. This is a horrible look, and it's only your midterms.
I even included a link to Indias election commetators godsmacked with the speed of the 2020 counting. In India they counted 614 million votes in 2019. Maybe America could learn something from them and ensure faith around the globe, with investors and major global stakeholders instead of telling the world "we must choose between democracies (or is it just "liberalism"?) and fascism"?
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was blasted Monday for saying that waiting a couple of days for results is how elections are "supposed to work."
"We may not know all the winners of elections for a few days. It takes time to count all legitimate ballots in a legal and orderly manner," Jean-Pierre told reporters at the White House press briefing. "That's how this is supposed to work."
Twitter exploded as commentators on the platform expressed their dismay that many states can no longer tally all the ballots they receive by the end of election day itself
You have to forgive us Indians for cracking a joke or two at America’s expense. Our Election Commission is on standby to send some international observers should the United States need it to supervise the polls the next time around.
Other than that, it’s been a fascinating election with echoes around the world. For liberals everywhere it is one more powerful illustration of how our storytelling has to be as compelling as our facts are. A Joe Biden presidency in these circumstances is in no way a repudiation of President Donald Trump’s politics. For mainstream politicians—not just in the United States but everywhere, including here in India—that is the lesson this election has brought home. It doesn’t matter how worthy your message is if you can’t mesmerize the public while sharing it. It doesn’t matter how egregious you believe your opponent to be; if you are seen as the status quo, you can never win resoundingly.
From New York to New Delhi, the refusal to engage and talk across the ideological fence is dividing countries, neighborhoods, and homes. In the civilizational battle between left and right, the space for free thinking has been shrunk by competing dogma.
European nations run federal elections and the results are known that night. Ditto for police state Canada. One night, with an entire nations votes to count.
The seed has been planted, you are now supposed to accept incompetence and endangering of your vote. Don't take my word for it, read online comments from foreign citizens be it Indian, British, Japanese or Aussies. This is a horrible look, and it's only your midterms.
I even included a link to Indias election commetators godsmacked with the speed of the 2020 counting. In India they counted 614 million votes in 2019. Maybe America could learn something from them and ensure faith around the globe, with investors and major global stakeholders instead of telling the world "we must choose between democracies (or is it just "liberalism"?) and fascism"?
Karine Jean-Pierre blasted for warning it may take ‘a few days’ to count votes: ‘This insanity has to stop’
Twitter users balked after the White House declared that the 2022 Midterm's results may not be fully processed on election night, as many recalled quicker past elections.
www.foxnews.com
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was blasted Monday for saying that waiting a couple of days for results is how elections are "supposed to work."
"We may not know all the winners of elections for a few days. It takes time to count all legitimate ballots in a legal and orderly manner," Jean-Pierre told reporters at the White House press briefing. "That's how this is supposed to work."
Twitter exploded as commentators on the platform expressed their dismay that many states can no longer tally all the ballots they receive by the end of election day itself
India Would Have Counted the Votes Already
India Would Have Counted the Votes Already
The world’s largest democracy might have some lessons to offer the oldest democracy on how to conduct an election.
foreignpolicy.com
You have to forgive us Indians for cracking a joke or two at America’s expense. Our Election Commission is on standby to send some international observers should the United States need it to supervise the polls the next time around.
Other than that, it’s been a fascinating election with echoes around the world. For liberals everywhere it is one more powerful illustration of how our storytelling has to be as compelling as our facts are. A Joe Biden presidency in these circumstances is in no way a repudiation of President Donald Trump’s politics. For mainstream politicians—not just in the United States but everywhere, including here in India—that is the lesson this election has brought home. It doesn’t matter how worthy your message is if you can’t mesmerize the public while sharing it. It doesn’t matter how egregious you believe your opponent to be; if you are seen as the status quo, you can never win resoundingly.
From New York to New Delhi, the refusal to engage and talk across the ideological fence is dividing countries, neighborhoods, and homes. In the civilizational battle between left and right, the space for free thinking has been shrunk by competing dogma.
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