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On voting day in the US how things are going can tend to
affect how those who haven't voted, vote. For example
some
years ago in the presidential election many people of a
particular party stayed at home because it was reported
they
had already lost. If the press can't be stopped from
reporting
results they can be fudged.
I propose that a
random number
of positive and negative votes be reported during
elections
and withdrawn after elections for the final tally.
Awareness of
this random factor should encourage more voters to go
out
and vote the way they think is right.
edit: fixed
pedantry error in line 1.
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Are you proposing that misinformation be reported? Wouldn't it be simpler not to report anything? |
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Are you proposing that everything be reported? Wouldn't it be simpler to be confused? |
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Are you proposing that everything be confused?
Wouldn't it be simpler not to vote?
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Are you voting to proposition reporters? Misinformed. |
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Mid-polling results aren't released right now (at least in the US). What the news organizations are reporting on are exit polls. |
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