ST Alpha - "I know this answer! The law requires hand-counting of ballots. Still. To this day. -- nm" (Reading a Post)

SlickerTalk
Search Archives
The Leaderboard
The FAQ

Login
Create Account

Search Dr. S. Talk
TT/ST Wiki
How Well Do You Know ...

RSS Feed

Hosting by DigitalOcean

Support ST on Ko-Fi

Down to Post

Backboards:

Posts: 152

In response to "Semi-related - why are the British so slow with their election results? Polls closed 7 hours ago but fewer than half the seats have been called -- nm" by Roger More

I know this answer! The law requires hand-counting of ballots. Still. To this day. -- nm

Posted by ReluctantCynic (aka ReluctantCynic) May 7 '15, 20:45

(No message)

Responses:

That's not the reason - Australia has hand-counted ballots (in fact twice as many, as we elect both houses) but we would have most seats declared - Roger More May 7, 20:49
it does here too and we get things done in 3-4 hours, tops. -- nm - Reagen May 7, 20:48 2
- Is it the gathering of candidates and not announcing until results are official vs. declared? (IDK, not watching closely.) -- nm - Name Withheld By Request May 7, 22:38 1
  - Australia's election need explains - counting isn't done at the polling station, but at a central location, so transport and verification takes time. - Roger More May 8, 04:23

Post a message top

Replies are disabled on threads older than 7 days.