Decius wrote:
] It will be interesting to see the interplay between this and
] exit polling.

That's the big question mark for any situation like this, of course. I think it's safe to say that releasing that data as you go would create a chilling effect if one candidate took an early lead. At the very least it would have an effect. It'll be interesting to see if studies are done on the actual effect. This issue is one of the main reasons i favor the idea of a national holiday. Of course, I hate that they release exit polls when they do now, so I may be a tad biased. I accept that exit polling is a useful check on the validity of an election, after the fact, but I don't like the sports-caster tone it all takes on. not sure if there's a solution to that.

] Eh... I tend to think smaller polling places are more easily
] scammed then large ones.

True, but it's a smaller impact. I think it'd be more costly, in a per vote sort of metric, to defraud a lot of small precincts than one larger one. And the risk/payoff ratio for a single large spot is probably lower.

for election day to be a national holiday we'd, probably, either have to move election day, or move veterans day. In some sense, voting is a pretty good way to honor vets, but i don't think the majority would see it that way. i'm not even sure i do, but it's no less likely than getting congress to change the date of the election into october.

RE: Election Reform in FL