639 In 1950, New York City had 8 million people. Elections had paper ballots. They got counted on Election Night. There is no excuse for machines or long counts. posted 72 days ago by Hardcouer 72 days ago by Hardcouer +640 / -1 Of course, they weren't deliberately trying to use a bad election system, so that helped. 13 comments share 13 comments share save hide report block hide child comments Comments (13) sorted by: top new old worst You're viewing a single comment thread. View all comments, or full comment thread. ▲ 1 ▼ – BroadSunlitUplands 1 point 72 days ago +1 / -0 No reason at all the number of counters can’t just increase in line with the population. The only reason not to count by hand is because cheating on a significant scale would require a conspiracy of thousands of people. permalink save report block reply
No reason at all the number of counters can’t just increase in line with the population.
The only reason not to count by hand is because cheating on a significant scale would require a conspiracy of thousands of people.