Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Impatience

In a recent article "Flood of absentees may delay election night results" by Ed Fletcher and Robert Lewis, I read the following:

The trend toward voting by mail suits Californians' busy lifestyles, allowing them to work through long, complicated ballots on their own time. But absentee voting could result in delayed results, particularly in tight races, elections experts say.

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"People want resolution. They don't want to hear that there are a million votes still to be counted," said Mark Baldassare, president and chief executive officer of the Public Policy Institute of California.

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I have two questions.

One, is that true? People want resolution. People who have been following this political dynamics of an election can't wait a week for a thorough counting of votes? I certainly could.

Two, if people are anxious to know...who cares? What damage is done to anyone other than a little stress if they know the results Nov. 4 or Nov. 11?

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