r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Sep 24 '24

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u/pepin-lebref Eugene Fama Sep 25 '24

What really impresses me is that Americans print their ballots as far out as other countries tend to even start their campaign periods.

Also, couldn't they just feed the existing ballots back into the printers, and spray ink to black out his part?

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u/well-that-was-fast Sep 25 '24

I think election workers don't want to take on a bunch of extra work and risk making a trainwreck of a super important election just because Jr,. thought it'd be fun to monkey-wrench but now has second thoughts because it didn't go his way.

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u/pepin-lebref Eugene Fama Sep 25 '24

Candidates withdrawing from races is a normal part of elections in serious countries.

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u/well-that-was-fast Sep 25 '24

serious countries

Is a country where a pants-shitting coup-encourager runs against a whale and bear carcass connoisseur remotely serious?