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Election Reform

merrily

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17. In fairness, I have to add that Coakley was a good Attorney General and ran a

Reply to merrily (Reply #12)

Tue Sep 1, 2015, 09:19 AM

Sep 2015

much better campaign when she ran for Governor against Baker. As a politician, she is far superior to Akin. She just ran an unbelievably lousy campaign against Brown. That may be OT, but I did not want to leave a false impression of my own view of Coakley.

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What if we had an election without electronic voting machines? [View all] Stevepol Sep 2015 OP

I believe optical scan machines with paper were recommended after the Gore/Bush fiasco. Skwmom Sep 2015 #1

optical scan: best of both worlds eniwetok Mar 2016 #28

Yes, Massachusetts distrusts voting machines, which is why we went to paper ballots after 2000. Why merrily Sep 2015 #2

Keep in mind that polls are also suspect now Stevepol Sep 2015 #6

I understand that. However, I repeat: anyone who thought Coakley won is dreaming, at best. merrily Sep 2015 #7

Dream or not, you might want to check out Simon's work. Stevepol Sep 2015 #11

Why would I? It's moot. Besides, merrily Sep 2015 #12

In fairness, I have to add that Coakley was a good Attorney General and ran a merrily Sep 2015 #17

it is not moot. it happens everywhr questionseverything Sep 2015 #20

Polls were always suspect. They are designed more to shape opinion than to determine what it is. merrily Mar 2016 #30

Coakley ran a terrible campaign.. eniwetok Mar 2016 #29

There were many reasons, but, IMO, this is not the time or the thread for that postmortem. merrily Mar 2016 #31

Were exit polls consistent with the reported results? n/t PoliticAverse Sep 2015 #3

There were none. Stevepol Sep 2015 #8

No news organization did exit polls, but an exit poll apparently was done. merrily Sep 2015 #18

are we reading the same article? questionseverything Sep 2015 #21

Are you sure this article refers to a rigorous exit poll? Stevepol Sep 2015 #22

I knew what you were quoting from. Is Simon supposed to be infallible? Even IF the exit poll that merrily Sep 2015 #24

I appreciate your points. It does seem that Simon ignored a well-done exit poll. Stevepol Sep 2015 #25

As I stated upthread, if you want to discuss the importance of a clean vote, availability of merrily Sep 2015 #26

Voting machines should be absolutely, and publically, verifiable. tecelote Sep 2015 #4

It's not enough to just have a paper trail. Stevepol Sep 2015 #16

there are so many ways to rig an election questionseverything Sep 2015 #19

How many others have wondered why dhol82 Sep 2015 #5

There is a paper trail in many cases, just no "audit" Stevepol Sep 2015 #9

Wall St Candidates Wouldn't Win billhicks76 Sep 2015 #10

I strongly agree with you. Stevepol Sep 2015 #14

HANDS ON VOTING!!! ellennelle Sep 2015 #13

The only conclusion one can reach is both parties want it that way zeemike Sep 2015 #15

I am convinced that both parties want it that way also. Once you accept that it is not GoneFishin Sep 2015 #23

This is why I'm against ranked choice voting. SaveTheMackerel Feb 2016 #27

but... eniwetok Mar 2016 #32