<![CDATA[Scalise on the California elections]]>He makes a good case for skepticism. No actual proof, but avoid all appearance...

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]]>https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/topic/39713/scalise-on-the-california-electionsRSS for NodeMon, 15 Jun 2026 13:37:16 GMTThu, 11 Jun 2026 11:17:48 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Scalise on the California elections on Sun, 14 Jun 2026 13:02:28 GMT]]>A sneaky way to implement my desired voter literacy test. Whatever it takes. 😁

]]>https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/post/364005https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/post/364005Sun, 14 Jun 2026 13:02:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Scalise on the California elections on Sun, 14 Jun 2026 03:21:30 GMT]]>Maybe we could subtly add a knowledge check. Like a captcha except to verify you’re human you have to click all the squares with branches of the government displayed.

]]>https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/post/364000https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/post/364000Sun, 14 Jun 2026 03:21:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Scalise on the California elections on Fri, 12 Jun 2026 18:19:13 GMT]]>It’s not. But you have to do more than sign in and click.

]]>https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/post/363946https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/post/363946Fri, 12 Jun 2026 18:19:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Scalise on the California elections on Fri, 12 Jun 2026 15:43:21 GMT]]>

@Mik said:

I have some reservations about making it too easy to vote though. It belies the seriousness of it.

How hard is it now, compared to, say, going to work five days a week or buying groceries?

]]>https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/post/363932https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/post/363932Fri, 12 Jun 2026 15:43:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Scalise on the California elections on Fri, 12 Jun 2026 15:21:06 GMT]]>If we can do secure banking online I’m sure we could do voting. I have some reservations about making it too easy to vote though. It belies the seriousness of it.

]]>https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/post/363931https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/post/363931Fri, 12 Jun 2026 15:21:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Scalise on the California elections on Fri, 12 Jun 2026 14:22:21 GMT]]>It is remarkable in this era of technology that there isn't a scalable, immutable way to hold elections, even via the internet. Maybe I should ask Claude to create a way then I can become as rich as @horace and eat from fig trees like the royalty I was always meant to be.

]]>https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/post/363928https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/post/363928Fri, 12 Jun 2026 14:22:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Scalise on the California elections on Thu, 11 Jun 2026 15:29:38 GMT]]>Yeah. There isn't any real excuse for CA's ballot counting delays. One must at least realize that if it's not better by now, it's not better by choice. Then you have to imagine the motivations for the choice.

But idiotic bureaucracy can account for a lot of stupidity, so that always has to be part of it. "Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by stupidity" is a great rule of thumb. But this election stuff in CA seems more than that.

]]>https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/post/363890https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/post/363890Thu, 11 Jun 2026 15:29:38 GMT