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Re:Senate Unanimously Approves a Bill to Make Juneteenth a P... by nickff on Tuesday June 15, 2021 @09:55PM (#27524030)
>"... the process to hop in and vote is typically fast, at least compared to what we see on the news for USA elections.."

The process is typically fast in the US as well, but the edge cases are what get into the news. The USA also has a population 13x larger, so we should expect any given issue to occur about 13x as often in the USA as in AUS.

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Re:Senate Unanimously Approves a Bill to Make Juneteenth a P... by majewsky on Thursday June 17, 2021 @05:32AM (#27537773)
> The USA also has a population 13x larger, so we should expect any given issue to occur about 13x as often in the USA as in AUS.

Nitpick: "13x as much", not "13x as often".

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