Reply #72: America: In Search Of Electoral Standards

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TomPaine.com ( Project of The Institute for America's Future )

America: In Search Of Electoral Standards

Steven Hill and Rob Richie
December 21, 2004

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Lots of ink and pixels have been spilled about the need for
electoral reforms in this country. Both to standardize how we
conduct elections—and more importantly—to restore voter confidence
in the system. Yet—argue election experts Richie and Hill—so far
there's not enough consensus around reform. Topic: Agenda for
electoral reform. Discuss.

Steven Hill is Irvine Senior Fellow for the New America Foundation
and author of "Fixing Elections: The Failure of America's Winner
Take All Politics" (www.FixingElections.com). Rob Richie is
executive director of the Center for Voting and Democracy
(www.fairvote.org).

The day following Election 2004, retiring NBC News anchor Tom Brokaw
indicated the need for strong national standards in how we count the
votes. In an unusually serious interview with David Letterman,
Brokaw said point blank, "We've gotta fix the election system in
this country."


Link:
http://www.tompaine.com/articles/america_in_search_of_electoral_standards.php