• BeigeAgenda@lemmy.ca
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        3 months ago

        Yep, but America is still using the same election law that expects the delegates to travel on stage coach for a month before they can cast their vote in Washington DC.

    • FuglyDuck@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      Canada has what 40 million people?

      The us has 340 million.

      For comparison, California has 38 million, New York (state) has 19 million (NYC has like 9 mil alone)

        • xmunk@sh.itjust.works
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          3 months ago

          I did - but size is also irrelevant. France does their’s in two weeks.

          Unfortunately America was the alpha version of Democracy and in retrospect, a lot of the mechanics are pretty dumb and broken.