ÂItÂs not who votes that count, but who counts the votes Josef Stalin said. Or, at least, a variation of this simplified version. But the brutal dictator was right. Ultimately, itÂs whoever gets to decide what a Âvote is will be the one to decide if the person who cast that actually voted.We see the same thing every time Donald Trump is engaged in a debate, whether against Republicans in the 2015-16 primary, against Hillary Clinton in the 2016 general election, or last night.