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Stoneshop

Re: Yay! Party time!

Clearly this leads to quicker reporting of the results, but it also has the potential to influence votes cast later in the day.

As long as the actual results are kept secret[0] until the voting has closed, I see no influencing of later voters by counting while voting is still in progress. Some countries even have rules to severely limit or even prohibit exit polling because of that potentially influencing later voters.

[0] Of course that means ALL officials involved in the counting, including observers, have to stay incommunicado for the day, working in rooms into which full ballot boxes can be delivered, but no messages getting out. I doubt that's feasible though. Technically it would be easier with electronic counting, but that introduces other problems unless REALLY well thought out, vetted and implemented.

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