#elect

I suspect I'm the only politician in America who won an election in this last cycle with TV ads saying I was going to try to pass the first single-payer system in America. ↗

— Peter Shumlin

#america #cycle #election #first #going

The legions of reporters who cover politics don't want to quit the clash and thunder of electoral combat for the dry duty of analyzing the federal budget. As a consequence, we have created the perpetual presidential campaign. ↗

— Hugh Sidey

#budget #campaign #clash #combat #consequence

I am an unpopular electric eel in a pool of catfish. ↗

— Edith Sitwell

#catfish #electric #i #i am #pool

When I was growing up, I installed refrigerators in supermarkets. My father was an electrical engineer. ↗

— Will Smith

#engineer #father #growing #growing up #i

Electricity, the peril the wind sings to in the wires on a gray day. ↗

— Janet Frame

#electricity #gray #peril #sings #wind

Unfortunately, money in politics is an insidious thing - and a loophole in our campaign finance system was taken advantage of with money going to existing or new 527 groups with the sole purpose of influencing the election. ↗

— Olympia Snowe

#campaign #campaign finance #election #existing #finance

Beyond that, states had to also have electronic voting machines that made it possible for people who are physically handicapped to vote in private... and the computerized voting machine made it very easy for, particularly, the blind. ↗

— DeForest Soaries

#beyond #blind #computerized #easy #electronic

I found that there is very little interest in Washington for true election reform. That neither the White House nor either house of the Congress seems to be as committed to guaranteeing democratic participation in this country as we seem to be in other countries. ↗

— DeForest Soaries

#congress #countries #country #democratic #either

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. ↗

— DeForest Soaries

#because #believe #elected #elected officials #heart

The Election Assistance Commission represents a major, unprecedented commitment from the federal government to sustained freedom and vibrant democracy. I am humbled by the prospect of being one its charter members. ↗

— DeForest Soaries

#assistance #being #charter #commission #commitment