Why are we unable to do simple things well? How hard is it to run an election that is fair, honest, and open to a recount if any questions arise? Evidently very hard, as Jill Stein is finding out.
I'm not even talking about voter suppression or attempts to make registration or voting difficult. I'm talking about the actual system that records the votes. Machines that can be hacked, systems that provide no paper trail, obsolete machines-we have them all.
Other countries are able to do this. You might not always agree with the outcomes, but countries like Britain, Canada, or France don't have the technical problems we seem to encounter in just about every election. Sixteen years after the Florida recount debacle, we still can't get it right.
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