I live in France.
We vote on Sundays, no early voting, higher turn-out than in the US (the turn-out in the 2017 presidentil election in France was 80%, in 2016 the turnout to the US presidential election was 55%), no endless waiting in lines before getting to the voting booth.
We all vote with a government provided voted ID
Voting booth are open from 8am to 7pm (8am in large cities)
We vote with ballot papers, enveloppes and boxes
By 8pm the medias are able to publish first results and the government publishes the official results within 3-4 days
I have never heard about a recount in a national scale election, about a candidate refusing to admit he lost,
Sure there was some fraud but it never had been a big issue, candidates have never whined about voter fraud being used by their opponent
Somehow, the US can't do the same : There's always recounts, there's always candidates claiming his opponent stole the election, there's always issues about early voting, voter suppression, gerrymandering, claims, voter fraud, etc.
Somehow we have a functionning electoral system and you don't. Why ?
We vote on Sundays, no early voting, higher turn-out than in the US (the turn-out in the 2017 presidentil election in France was 80%, in 2016 the turnout to the US presidential election was 55%), no endless waiting in lines before getting to the voting booth.
We all vote with a government provided voted ID
Voting booth are open from 8am to 7pm (8am in large cities)
We vote with ballot papers, enveloppes and boxes
By 8pm the medias are able to publish first results and the government publishes the official results within 3-4 days
I have never heard about a recount in a national scale election, about a candidate refusing to admit he lost,
Sure there was some fraud but it never had been a big issue, candidates have never whined about voter fraud being used by their opponent
Somehow, the US can't do the same : There's always recounts, there's always candidates claiming his opponent stole the election, there's always issues about early voting, voter suppression, gerrymandering, claims, voter fraud, etc.
Somehow we have a functionning electoral system and you don't. Why ?