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November 28, 2016

Post-Election Views - Abolish the Electoral College

Electoral College: Holy Anachronism, Batman! When Article 2 was written into the US Constitution, eligible American voters lived far apart and news travelled slowly. The Founding Fathers, fearing voters might......
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November 27, 2016

Post-Election Views: Assuring the Integrity of the Vote -1

1 - Voter Suppression Early voting … especially on the weekend, allows working people to avoid long lines that prevent them from getting to work on time. Curtailing early voting,......
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November 27, 2016

Post-Election Views: Assuring the Integrity of the Vote - 2

2 - Conduct of the Election Process Elections can be skewed at the polls in several ways. Most of them have been tried this year in various parts of the......
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November 27, 2016

Post-Election Views: Assuring the Integrity of the Vote – 3

3 - Hacking the Vote Convincing voters they needn’t bother or scaring them with threats of intimidation or making them wait in long lines or simply confusing them is all......
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November 24, 2016

Post-Election Views: Assuring the Integrity of the Vote

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November 24, 2016

Post-Election Views: Assuring the Integrity of the Vote

Might the November 2016 election have been rigged? Apart from Trump’s avowal to challenge the results, relatively little attention was paid in the mainstream media before the election. On the......
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November 19, 2016

Electoral College: Breaking Bad

The Electoral College has graduated. Last month, it was that annoying extra step between the election and the inaugural. No one bothered to understand it. Today, calls to discard it......
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November 13, 2016

Post election Views - Chair's Note

A post-election note from the DAGR Chair It’s been five days since the Election. You haven’t heard much from your ExCom and you may be wondering if we’ve slunk away,......
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November 13, 2016

Post Election Views - Déjà vu? Change the View!

Déjà vu? Change the View! November 2000. Gore gets 500,000+ more popular votes than Bush, but is denied a recount of flawed ‘hanging chads’ and ‘butterfly ballots’ in Florida. Florida’s......
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November 13, 2016

Post election Views - Count the Vote

Count the Vote What’s the most popular come-back of the week? “The election’s a done deal! Get over it!” Get over the shock, yes! But, remember that the election didn’t......
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