Voting in this country has essentially been relegated to a very fledging group of election officials, who receive … - DeForest Soaries

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Voting in this country has essentially been relegated to a very fledging group of election officials, who receive no training and operate on shoestring budgets on one hand, and political consultants whose job is to get their candidates elected on the other. And when you have that kind of scenario, it's really hard to describe yourself as a vibrant democracy. It's an embarrassment.

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Voting is the foundational act that breathes life into the principle of the consent of the governed.

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And if we were another country being analyzed by America, we would conclude that this country is ripe for stealing elections and for fraud.

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When public access to voting is impaired or when public confidence in voting is diluted, democracy suffers and our freedom is less secure.

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It's an embarrassment that we don't have a broad enough consensus among political leaders that true reform should take place.

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My sense was that most of the elected officials in Washington - in their heart of hearts - really believe that the system can't be too bad because it produced them.

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