#elections

Elections are held to delude the populace into believing that they are participating in government. ↗

— Gerald F. Lieberman

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Despite elections and the experience of post-Soviet personal freedoms by the Russian people, the fate of democracy in Russia is perhaps more ambiguous now than at any time since the collapse of the Communist system. ↗

— Richard Lugar

#any #collapse #communist #democracy #despite

I think the Democratic Party realizes, having lost two presidential elections, we need to do a better job of creating a farm team. ↗

— John Mahoney

#better job #creating #democratic #democratic party #elections

Votes in federal elections are cast and counted in a highly decentralized and variable fashion, with no uniform ballots and few national standards. ↗

— Thomas E. Mann

#cast #counted #elections #fashion #federal

Some of the immediate causes of Jack Abramoff's troubles were some Indian elections that went bad for him. ↗

— Joshua Micah Marshall

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Requiring valid, photographic identification is a common sense step to ensure voter integrity and sound elections. ↗

— Sonny Perdue

#common sense #elections #ensure #identification #integrity

The present Arab uprising didn't stem from Israel. The old guard is trying to keep down the young chickens. The old guard is better organized. They may win elections, but unless they have a solution to poverty, to corruption, to oppression, they will not last. I am with the young people. ↗

— Shimon Peres

#arab #better #chickens #corruption #down

The House is rooted in the principle of direct elections and is unique among all branches and bodies of the federal government as without exception, the people's voice. ↗

— Charles W. Pickering

#bodies #branches #direct #elections #exception

Elections are also about the future - the pledges that we are making for this country. For those who care about equality and fairness in the UK, and beyond, Labour really is the only choice. ↗

— Anne Campbell

#also #beyond #care #choice #country

Midterm elections can be dreadfully boring, unfortunately. ↗

— Nate Silver

#dreadfully #elections #unfortunately