Direct democracy is inefficient and, ironically, sometimes even anti-democratic. Anyone who doubts this should take a closer look at the re-election circus that arrived this week in Florida and look at two counties in particular, Miami-Dade and Broward.
Since the election, officials in Miami-Dade have regularly worked through the night to ensure accurate voting tallies. Officials in Broward haven’t been so diligent. They refused to report back to the state as required by law. They clocked out early with work still left to do on Election Day. They mixed approved absentee ballots in with rejected absentee ballots.
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