OT: American Politics

[zeke]

Everything broadcast until tonight when Georgia's results come in after 7, should be suspect.
Election day is worse than the NHL trade deadline shows for actual information.

Yup. I've had fun the past few days but there's literally nothing newsworthy today until polls close. Today is a good day to actually get some work done.

 

[zeke]

Already voting machine issues in Cambria county.

I can’t for the life of me understand how this happens on Election Day. How do machines that supposedly worked the day before suddenly stop working

I'm guessing it's moron i mean human error.

 

[FlyGuy]

do we know if they are actually broken?

Going off various reports like below


View: https://x.com/americasgreat/status/1853795563587719457?s=46&t=jO26Xs3gATFmVvs8KlHlPg


View: https://x.com/james_jinnette1/status/1853787912715857997?s=46&t=jO26Xs3gATFmVvs8KlHlPg

 

[FlyGuy]

I'm guessing it's moron i mean human error.

Incompetence in government operations is just incomprehensible to me. Any private company that operated like that would not survive.

 

[UWHabs]

You have thousands of individual elections going on. There's always some spots where someone grabs the wrong code, or two piles of papers are swapped. Human life.

 

[FlyGuy]

You have thousands of individual elections going on. There's always some spots where someone grabs the wrong code, or two piles of papers are swapped. Human life.

Like I said, you have years to prepare. Years. Private companies undergo larger projects with more variables and moving parts in less than a year.

 

[Aberdeen]

Incompetence in government operations is just incomprehensible to me. Any private company that operated like that would not survive.

I guess you've never worked for a large private company?

 

[Slinger 48]

View: https://x.com/velodus/status/1853473770968682922?s=46&t=moEoHBmqH0l4NE3F_49J3Q

Yeah, I feel this. I don’t think my family will look at the MAGA family the same way again.

Trump and covid have both resulted in true colours being shown.

A lot of people that I've known for years have exposed themselves as selfish and ignorant assholes.

Sad in many ways but also good in many ways.

 

[UWHabs]

I don't know what it's like in the US, but in Canada I know most local polling places are essentially staffed by retired people and volunteer workers. Not necessarily the highest talent levels at play in many cases. A lot of times these errors are mistakes made by the local staff, nothing at all related to any other part of the process.

 

[FlyGuy]

I guess you've never worked for a large private company?

One of the largest paper manufacturer, largest DIY big box retailer, largest car insurance company. Do those count?

 

[FlyGuy]

I don't know what it's like in the US, but in Canada I know most local polling places are essentially staffed by retired people and volunteer workers. Not necessarily the highest talent levels at play in many cases. A lot of times these errors are mistakes made by the local staff, nothing at all related to any other part of the process.

So the training is the issue?

 

[thehabhater]

Yup. I've had fun the past few days but there's literally nothing newsworthy today until polls close. Today is a good day to actually get some work done.

80%of Georgia's returns will be announced by 8pm.
By law.

 

[zeke]

One of the largest paper manufacturer, largest DIY big box retailer, largest car insurance company. Do those count?

So you're aware that there many techinical issues and delays every single day in those companies right.

 

[CH1]

Today is a good day to actually get some work done.

 

[thehabhater]

So you're aware that there many techinical issues and delays every single day in those companies right.

Hopefully it isn't like opening night on Broadway, and only just realizing that you don't have understudies.

 

[FlyGuy]

View: https://x.com/realmacreport/status/1853806031261827083?s=46&t=jO26Xs3gATFmVvs8KlHlPg

 

[LeafGm]

Yup. I've had fun the past few days but there's literally nothing newsworthy today until polls close. Today is a good day to actually get some work done.

The one caveat to this is that we hope that there’s nothing newsworthy today until the polls close.

Violent interference with the voting process could still very well be part of MAGA-world’s plans, especially if they think they’re losing.

 

[Montana]

Yup. I've had fun the past few days but there's literally nothing newsworthy today until polls close. Today is a good day to actually get some work done.

Where’s your confidence level sit, heading into tonight?

 

[FlyGuy]

So you're aware that there many techinical issues and delays every single day in those companies right.

Yeah, and if our business model as built on selling those to customers then we’d make sure they’d work without any hitch or other else we’d lose customers

 

[leafman101]

View: https://x.com/realmacreport/status/1853806031261827083?s=46&t=jO26Xs3gATFmVvs8KlHlPg

still probably faster than hand counting.