Electoral College

[Nym90]

True, but I think what Gustaf meant is that IF the results had turned out the same way as they did, then Bush would not have had much of a chance of winning the nationwide popular vote on a nationwide recount. The margin for Gore was enough that the nationwide popular vote count was not really in doubt.
Now in 1960, however, you would have had a nationwide recount most likely. However, I don't see how that would take any more time or be any more difficult to conduct than a statewide recount, just more expensive.

[Nym90]

Not necessarily, since you'd have more people doing it. The only way it would take more time is if there weren't enough workers to help conduct the recount. In which case you'd have to offer to pay more to get more workers to be willing to do it, and then it would get expensive. But there's no reason why it should take more time really.

[Nym90]

Christopher, your proposal sounds good. The details obviously would be complicated to work out, but the basic framework sounds good. I definitely disagree with punishing anyone in any way for losing their receipt, though....
Also, I definitely wouldn't want the government to have any copy whatsoever saying how each individual voted.
Otherwise, though, the basic framework of having the voting system be computerized is a good one. Another possibility, perhaps simpler, would used with a machine that would basically be like an ATM.

[Nym90]

Well, it depends on your definition of "Southerner", but only 2 GOP nominees have ever had their home states in the South (Bush 41 and Bush 43) and both of them were born in the Northeast. So certainly one could argue that no true Southerner has ever been nominated by the Republicans. And a lot of people in the South might not even truly consider Texas to be the South (it was part of the old Confederacy, but culturally is very diferent in many ways than the rest of the South, though it isn't politically much different).