American Democracy on Trial?
Jan 24, 2012
Counting the results
Well, not really.
But in some instances, yes, particularly very tight elections where the candidates are divided by only a handful of votes.
Take the recent Iowa Republican presidential caucus results, for example. But more on that in a second.
Republicans have different concerns. Supposedly worried about illegal voting, regarding which there is very little evidence, Republicans in many states have added new legal hurdles to voting, such as requiring picture ID’s and limited advance voting in an election.
This is not good government; this is targeted at low-income, minority voters and seniors without drivers’ licenses who will find it more difficult to vote and are more likely to vote Democratic.
What Republicans, indeed all Americans, should be concerned about is the inability of the American voting apparatus to get the count right in a timely fashion in extremely close elections.