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Thursday, July 31, 2008
A must-read piece in today's NY Times. Our voting system continues to be in deep trouble thanks to electronic, paperless voting machines. Cohen only mentions these three highly questionable outcomes, but one has to wonder how many more exist. If our electoral process can no longer be trusted, then what's the point of anything? Why have campaigns, why passionately express opinions, why vote...?
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