A second class of a primary school in Vienna has done what the SPÖ election committee failed to do: add up votes correctly. We guided the children during their experiment (see also the video above).
Exactly one week ago, the SPÖ Election Commission succeeded for the third time in presenting the correct result of the Doskozil-Babler vote. After a debacle that left Hans Peter Doskosil in charge at short notice.
We wanted to find out how difficult it can be to count 602 votes – and reenacted the election at a Viennese primary school. Headmaster Barbara Fasching said beforehand: “My second grade can do it easily.”
Said and done. On Monday morning, we came to her school in Donaustadt with ballots that were true to the original. In a short introduction, the director explained to the 22 children what it was all about and the eight-year-olds got to work. A few children even managed to match the names of the politicians.
Immediately found the five invalid ballots
A suitable counting system was found together with the class teacher. Pairs of two have each been given a stack to count from. In a first step, the children sorted themselves into Doskozil, Babeler and Invalid. The five invalid ballots were quickly found.
Small calculation error crept in
After that it got more difficult. When counting the votes for Andreas Babler, the children had to work harder. There was also a small calculation error in the beginning. The eight-year-olds initially had 313 votes for Babler. In the case of Doskozil, on the other hand, the students immediately calculated the correct result: 280 votes. When adding on the board, the mistake of the past stood out. “That’s four votes short,” reported a smart student. The count was then repeated and the calculation error was discovered.
The primary school students needed about 40 minutes to solve the difficult math problem. As a reward, all math kings received a lollipop from us. “I’m very proud of my students, they did a great job,” says the principal.
This proves that eight-year-olds can count better than the SPÖ election committee.
Source: Krone
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