[okayishdefaults]

Just breaking down the thought a little, we truly can't say elections shouldn't have standards, right?

[model-15-DAV]

Elections at the local level should be governed by the locality. I do not see the need for standards at a higher level, other than for democracy to be maintained in some fashion. External data reporting certainly need not be standardized at t̶h̶e̶ ̶l̶o̶c̶a̶l̶ [sic] a higher level.