The election in the US of A on 11/3/2020 were Free and Fair

[BoyNextDoor]

The election in the US of A on 11/3/2020 were Free and Fair

Pole is public - Let's dance

 

[HarryHill]

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A waltz, Maestro.

 

[Lazaran]

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This election was the most closely monitored and scrutinized election in American history due to what happened in 2016.

I wouldn't go so far as to say they were "free and fair", considering republicans did everything in their power to suppress the vote of certain demographics., but the vote was definitely accurate and valid.

 

[oggbashan]

I wouldn't vote for either option.

Other democratic countries organise elections much better with no political influence on the processes.

All states, however they organise elections, should be able to demonstrate that every US citizen has an equal opportunity to register and vote freely.

 

[OldJourno]

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This election was the most closely monitored and scrutinized election in American history due to what happened in 2016.

I wouldn't go so far as to say they were "free and fair", considering republicans did everything in their power to suppress the vote of certain demographics., but the vote was definitely accurate and valid.

So much suppression going on there were more votes than registered voters! Call the ACLU!

 

[KeithD]

So much suppression going on there were more votes than registered voters! Call the ACLU!

Cite your source, liar and poor loser.

 

[YDB95]

So much suppression going on there were more votes than registered voters! Call the ACLU!

Cite please.

 

[Liar]

So much suppression going on there were more votes than registered voters! Call the ACLU!

Except not.

 

[Tim2run]

I sense a lot of Trump redux; the anger remains the same.

 

[Carnal_Flower]

Yet another reason the Loathsome Turd is despicable. These were the best run elections I've ever seen! Total perfection. Even Florida got its act together. All during a pandemic, with one of the highest voter turnouts in history. It's as if all the Secretaries of State got together and made a pact to show the world how it's done. They deserve a round of applause.

And the Fat Turd does nothing but smear and slime. He is a traitor to his country and to democracy.

 

[EmptyTank]

Trump liked to call things "perfect."

 

[oggbashan]

As I see it, the major difference between elections in the US and UK is that the UK elections are organised and run by the chief executives of our local government.

In the UK those Chief Executives have to be non-political and independent of their political masters and operate under UK wide rules.

The counters are local government employees who also have to be politically neutral. All political parties have free access to observe the counting process.

The one thing that still causes concern is fraud in postal voting but there have been very few proven instances and none have actually influenced the result because they have been such small scale e.g. a religious leader getting the followers to complete the postal forms together, or a patriarch requiring all members of his family to vote the same way. There have been a few prosecutions for that.

All UK political parties are determined that elections should be free, fair, and accessible to everyone.

 

[EmptyTank]

You can call yourself a nonpartisan "executive," but
to not have political positions is not part of the human condition,
especially in a Democracy. Everyone involved in the process votes for somebody/something...

 

[oggbashan]

You can call yourself a nonpartisan "executive," but
to not have political positions is not part of the human condition,
especially in a Democracy. Everyone involved in the process votes for somebody/something...

It has been a tradition in the UK civil service for hundreds of years. Yes, you can vote for who you like but at work, you have to be impartial.

Years ago I had to write answers for Parliamentary questions about my part of the Civil Service. Whether I was writing for a Labour or Conservative minister, my answers would be the same - factual - but I had to add supplementaries depending on what I thought the opposition might ask after being given the reply. That part might reflect the minister's policies but however stupid, we had to carry out what our political masters wanted. Senior civil servants might say, in private, 'That won't work, Minister, because...' but in public they had to agree with the policy.

My father-in-law was a very senior civil servant, dealing with his minister several times a week. Eventually he had to retire early because his minister would NOT consider the impact of her decisons on thousands of people and my father in law took all the flak.

 

[RevoltingBlue2]

The choices

are

limited

 

[Fuzzy1975]

It has been a tradition in the UK civil service for hundreds of years. Yes, you can vote for who you like but at work, you have to be impartial.

What I find comical, is how so many Americans feel everyone else must view their own politics through the same partisan lens.

In Canada, I doubt 10% of the general population could name one of Canada's Supreme Court Justices, and less than 1% could name all of them, or even know how many sit on he Court. I suspect the numbers would be similar in the English population in regards to the SC.

Most Canadians do however understand the difference between the government politicians and the civil servants.

I can totally relate to your father-in-laws situation...In my dealings with a certain Ministry, there have been two different political parties having the Ministers role, and maybe 5 different Ministers. Yet the Deputy Minister has been there for all of them.