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OF CORRUPTION IN THE AMERICAN VOTING PRACTICES. I WOULD TELL YOU THAT THIS IS A FASCINATING, EVEN ENTERTAINING READ. IF IT WEREN'T ABOUT MY OWN COUNTRY....
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EXPERIENCE IS THAT WITH THIS TOPIC PEOPLE HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND A LOT OF ANXIETIES AND A SENSE OF BEWILDERMENT SINCE THE 2000 ELECTION AND WHAT...
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PUNCH CARD MACHINE WAS THE ANSWER, AND IT TELLS YOU THAT THE WHOLE
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SUBJECT OF ELECTIONS AND TRYING TO FIX THEM IS UNBELIEVABLY COMPLICATED, AND EVEN PEOPLE WITH THE BEST OF INTENTION ACCUSE COME ACROSS UNEXPECTED...
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HAS NOW SAT ON TWO ELECTION
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COMMISSIONS IN THE WAKE OF 2000 ELECTION. THE FIRST CO-CHAIRED BY GERALD FORD AND THE SECOND ONE WAS CO-CHAIRED BY JAMES BAKER, THE
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FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE. WHO IN THE CONTEXT OF ELECTIONS IS BEST KNOWN FOR BEING THE POINT MAN FOR THE BUSH CAMPAIGN IN FLORIDA AFTER THE ELECTION...
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BUT OPERATETIVES. YOU KNOW, PEOPLE THAT HAD WORKED IN ELECTIONS AND FOR THAT SIDE, AND THEN FRONTED THEMSELVES OFF AS NEUTRAL EXPERTS IN ELECTIONS, LIKE...
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A BIPARTISON COMMITTEE. THAT WAS THE PROBLEM. BECAUSE THE TWO PARTIES HISTORICALLY HAVE NOT BEEN THAT INTERESTED IN EXPANDING VOTING RIGHTS AND MAKING...
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IDEA. ON THE OTHER HAND, THE IMPULSE TO CLEAN
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UP THE VOTERS AND MAKE SURE YOU DON'T HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE REGISTERED IN ONE STATE AND LIVE IN ANOTHER. AND YOU DON'T HAVE PEOPLE THAT DIED THAT ARE...
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YEA >> THANK
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YOU. JERRY RUCHTEN, AND I HEARD YOU ON THE RADIO THIS MORNING
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AND YOU WERE VERY GOOD, GREG. A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. ONE HAS TO DO WITH THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE. WHICH SEEMS SO DONE THAT YOU COULD CALL IT A PRESCHOOL....
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OR HARDER TO STEAL AN ELECTION IF WE HAD AN ELECTORAL COLLEGE GONE? AND DO YOU THINK IT WOULD BE ANY HARDER TO STEAL AN ELECTION IF WE HAD PREFER EARLY...
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YOU'RE A DEMOCRAT OR YOU LIVE IF CALIFORNIA AND YOU'RE A REPUBLICAN, THE POSSIBILITY OF EXPRESSING YOURSELF IS GONE. AND I WOULD ARGUE ALSO THAT IT ...
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THAT WORRIES ME WITH THE TREMENDOUS GROWTH OF ABSENTEE BALLOTING, HOW MUCH SECURITY IS THERE IN THE ABSENTEE BALLOTS WHICH HAVE TO BE MAILED AND DELIVERED...
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A SYSTEM THAT IS NOT CORRUPTED, YOU HAVE MONOPOLYRY -- MACHINERY OF THE SECRET BALLOT IN PLACE THERE. AND THAT'S GOING TO BE THE BETTER SOLUTION. AND...
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PROBLEM? WHAT'S THE BEST SOLUTION THAT IS OUT THERE? >> WELL, THIS IS ACTUALLY NOT A MYTH IT IS ONE
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OF THE EXTRAORDINARY THINGS ABOUT THIS WHOLE FIELD IS A NUMBER OF INDEPENDENT BODIES, EXPERTS, ETC., LOOKED AT THE
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SYSTEM AND CAME UP WITH SUBSTANTIAL RECOMMENDATIONS. THERE ARE DIFFERENCES. BUT THEY ARE NOT ONES THAT COULDN'T BE HAMMERED OUT AND COME TO SOME EQUITABLE...
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MACHINES SHOULD WE USE OR SHOULD WE USE MACHINES AT ALL? IN MANY COUNTRIES IN BRITAIN AND CANADA THEY USE HAND-COUNTED PAPER BALLOTS AND IT WORKS...
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ABOUT HAVING -- MORE COMPLICATED WAYS OF BEING ABLE TO SELECT CANDIDATES THAT YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, HAVE A SYSTEM IF YOUR FIRST CHOICE DOES MOTT WIN YOU...
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WORK. SAN FRANCISCO IS CURRENTLY GOT AN EXPERIMENT GOING WITH THE NAME OF IT HAS GONE OUT OF MY HEAD. WHAT DO THEY CALL IT? IT IS TRANSFERABLE VOTING....
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IT WOULD BE GREAT TO THINK THAT YOU CAN CREATE NONPARTISAN ELECTION OFFICIALS. PEOPLE WHO HAVE CALLED FOR IT AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, UNIMPEACHABLY THE...
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IN THE SYSTEM YOU WERE EXAMINING AND ANY NOTION THAT IT OUGHT TO BE SOME OTHER WAY AND THAT IT WAS CORRUPT OR THAT PEOPLE JUST THOUGHT THAT THIS WAS...
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SIZE COATED. AND YOU KNOW, THEY SAW THIS AS A KNOCKDOWN FIGHT. MINE, THERE WERE LITERALLY FIGHTS IN THE STREETS AND PEOPLE GOT KILLED. PEOPLE GOT UNBELIEVABLY...
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DOLLARS EARMARKED TO IT. >> ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF HISTORY AFTER THE FLORIDA MELTDOWN IN 2000 THERE WAS A HUGE PUSH IN 2001 TO DO...
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TISSUE VARNED. SEPTEMBER 11 HAPPENED. THERE WAS TALK OF WAR IN IRAQ AND THE THING VANISHED OFF THE AGENDA. IN 2002 FLORIDA HELD PRIMARY ELECTIONS...
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O IS THERE -- DO YOU THINK THAT CAPABILITY SETS SOME KIND OF STATISTICAL LIMIT ON HOW MUCH FRAUD COULD BE COMMITTED IN A GIVEN ELECTION BEFORE IT WOULD...
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NAME. PEOPLE DIDN'T IS SOMEHOW FOLLOW THE SUPPOSED RULES ABOUT WRITE-IN CANDIDATES AND DIDN'T MARK THAT LITTLE CIRCLE. BUT SHE LOST. DO YOU THINK...
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DEMOCRATIC? >>
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RYE. TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW, IS EVERYBODY FAMILIAR WITH -- I WILL QUICKLY RUN THROUGH WHAT HAPPENED. THIS IS THE MAYORAL RACE IN SAN DIEGO THAT HAPPENED....
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CANDIDATE, DONNA FRY, WHO OWNED A SURF SHOP AND SHE WAS CONSIDERED, YOU KNOW, AN INSURGENT CANDIDATE. AND MOST OF HER SUPPORTERS HAD TO WRITE IN HER...
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YOU KNOW, LIKE VOTING CONSORTIUM. >> RIGHT. RIGHT. >> THEIR IDEAS. >> LET ME STOP YOU THERE. THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT POINT WHICH IS -- I DON'T...
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GEORGIA, COMPANIES
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LIKE DEBOLT
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END UP RUNNING THE ELECTION BECAUSE THEY KNOW THE MACHINES OR THEY SAY THEY DO AND THE ELECTION OFFICIALS DON'T BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T GONE THROUGH ADEQUATE...
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ANOTHER'S
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NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.