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• ljones commented on The sudden eruption of news
  Ok, so here we go! Apologies for ressurecting a slightly old thread but the french presidental elections are underway -the count - though turnout is said to be down to 65.3% . The BBC are saying we'll have a better idea on who has won after 7pm. ljones...
• ljones commented on The sudden eruption of news
  Second round projection: 65.5% macron, 34.5% le pen If that holds up once all the votes are counted I wonder how that bears out for may and the EU? ljones...
• David L commented on The sudden eruption of news
  Taking as given a ballot with 20 items on it, it would seem that the least hackable solution would be paper ballots with optical scanners, and the paper ballots being saved until all recounts had been completed. (And with the recount having the option of hand-counting if it was alleged that the optical scanning software had been compromised.) Some of us have had this for a couple of decades. But this is not "new and shinny" and thus doesn't LOOK nearly as cool as touch screens when talking about new and improved. Here in my county of about 1 million...
• Greg Tingey commented on The sudden eruption of news
  Macron est President de La Republique!...
• RonaldP commented on The sudden eruption of news
  This sounds like the best explanation of how many pieces America really is, 11 regional cultures http://www.colinwoodard.com/americannations...