• Doomsider@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    I did go back and look at the comments and there were people doubting hand counting. I think this is misplaced and I do agree with your sentiment against this.

    That is all fine and dandy, but in the context of what is going on right now in Georgia calling for hand counting in the 11th hour is asinine. There are many elections officials that are conspiracing as we discuss this.

    The fact that people are on here doubting hand counting is a symptom of the discord that sowing election misinformation leads to.

    This is the real issue, that we are allowing our systems to get damaged by falsehoods. Until we stop the lies things will stay shitty.

    • bloodfart@lemmy.ml
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      2 months ago

      i agree that we need to build trust in the process. I think the right way to do that is to go ahead with a hand count. if they’re conspiring to cast doubt like you’re saying, it’s the way to put a stop to that line of thinking.

      be realistic here, georgia was the subject of allegations of tampering last time around and just because of that there will be allegations this time around. it would have been better to prepare earlier but the unserious move is to wait till election night to start the hand tally.