It’s the synchronization of 50 individual states that’s the trick. Countries with many states have slower bureaucracies. They don’t all have the same budget to organize elections. Sure, Florida Texas new York and California could probably do it fast. But Alaska or Wyoming?
Colorado runs their elections in person in some of their smaller districts. The entire voting population meets at the school auditorium and debate and discuss until they can assign their electors to a candidate. It’s a tradition that’s as old as the state.
Every state has unique needs and budgets to provide voting to their citizens. Some states make it easier for citizens to vote. Some make it harder. When planning a national election you must be considerate of the states that make it harder to vote.
We have EP elections, they represent more people than the US, elections have to be synchronized not just between states, but between sovereign countries (imagine dealing with France, Germany and Hungary at the same time), and they often go without a hitch with only a few months of campaigning.
Don’t they happen at regular intervals? Or is it always a case of the legislative announcing a popular vote is necessary and then everyone has a few months to prepare
Yeah, they are regular, it’s just parties don’t really campaign for that long, campaign finance laws usually prohibit it by maximizing the amount of money that can be spent. You could theoretically campaign for 4 years, but you can’t do it with full intensity as you would run out of money, so parties save up for a big bang before the election, as it probably should be.
That said, there are serious problems with EU electoral processes as well, it’s just that they are not fundamentally broken like the US. For example, Hungary’s ruling party routinely spends a ton of money on “government communication” that is not technically campaigning on paper just in practice, thus sidestepping campaign finance laws.
It’s the synchronization of 50 individual states that’s the trick. Countries with many states have slower bureaucracies. They don’t all have the same budget to organize elections. Sure, Florida Texas new York and California could probably do it fast. But Alaska or Wyoming?
Colorado runs their elections in person in some of their smaller districts. The entire voting population meets at the school auditorium and debate and discuss until they can assign their electors to a candidate. It’s a tradition that’s as old as the state.
Every state has unique needs and budgets to provide voting to their citizens. Some states make it easier for citizens to vote. Some make it harder. When planning a national election you must be considerate of the states that make it harder to vote.
We have EP elections, they represent more people than the US, elections have to be synchronized not just between states, but between sovereign countries (imagine dealing with France, Germany and Hungary at the same time), and they often go without a hitch with only a few months of campaigning.
Don’t they happen at regular intervals? Or is it always a case of the legislative announcing a popular vote is necessary and then everyone has a few months to prepare
Yeah, they are regular, it’s just parties don’t really campaign for that long, campaign finance laws usually prohibit it by maximizing the amount of money that can be spent. You could theoretically campaign for 4 years, but you can’t do it with full intensity as you would run out of money, so parties save up for a big bang before the election, as it probably should be.
That said, there are serious problems with EU electoral processes as well, it’s just that they are not fundamentally broken like the US. For example, Hungary’s ruling party routinely spends a ton of money on “government communication” that is not technically campaigning on paper just in practice, thus sidestepping campaign finance laws.
Dude, just drop it.
Who are you and why should i consider your opinion?
You are complletely allowed to not care the slightests and to dig yourself deeper lol.
Apathy is not the same going as wisdom
Neither is doubling down.