If the US had a pure paper ballot system , there would be no need for recounts . Throwing hightech at the elections has created far more problems than it solved . <| sep |> They ' re in developmental , developing , let them develop . <| sep |> I think that the average JW does not even think about a rule like this until they are impacted by the results of it being applied . They just unwittingly and ignorantly go along with whatever the elders say because they think it must be right . Likewise the majority of elders do not have time to do research or even think about what they are doing . I have seen elders go into JC meetings barely knowing the names of those involved . So many times I was amazed at how little preparation went into JCs . Many elders just rely on gut feel their accumulated knowledge and the Shepherd the Flock book . In all cases , if they can ' t agree or are unsure they will go by what the book says . This is fact .