Voter Fraud

How We Should Improve Elections

Submitted by Blue Leader on Fri, 10/24/2008 - 17:35

On Tuesday, I laid out a pretty basic premise for reforming our election process, and sketched a case for why this needs to happen; I also promised to come back with more specifics on what exactly we should be aiming for.  And here it is--only two days late.  There's more...

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The Problems in Election Administration

Submitted by Blue Leader on Tue, 10/21/2008 - 00:47

One of the most distressing things about the recent ACORN/voter registration/voter "fraud" flap has been the further loss of legitimacy for the voting system in this country.  As it stands, both the right and the left fundamentally distrust the machinery of democracy--the way elections are administered.  Regardless of what you think of the other side's complaints, I think that we can all agree that confidence in our electoral system is a foundation of democracy--and that the current situation serves no one very well.  Behind the fold I unveil the first in an occasional look at the problems of our voting system, and what we can do to fix it.

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