Maine just passed ranked-choice voting. Bravo!
http://www.slate.com/articles/business/moneybox/2016/11/maine_just_passed_ranked_choice_voting_bravo.html
And if we’d had it nationwide, it might have won Hillary Clinton the presidency.
FactCheck.org: Energetically Wrong
http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/energetically_wrong.html
"Palin says Alaska supplies 20 percent of U.S. energy. Not true. Not even close."
Jonathan Freedland: The world's verdict will be harsh if the US rejects the man it yearns for | Comment is free | The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/sep/10/uselections2008.barackobama
"Of course I know that even to mention Obama's support around the world is to hurt him. Incredibly, that large Berlin crowd damaged Obama at home, branding him the "candidate of Europe" and making him seem less of a patriotic American. But what does that say about today's America, that the world's esteem is now unwanted? If Americans reject Obama, they will be sending the clearest possible message to the rest of us - and, make no mistake, we shall hear it. "
Republicans Want to Turn Over a New Page (Harpers.org)
http://www.harpers.org/sb-republicans-1160492797.html
"In seeking to malign the parties who sought to expose his conduct, top Republicans reveal that they are far more outraged by the possibility that the scandal might harm their party’s prospects in November than they are by Foley's behavior."
Congressional redistricting | How to rig an election | Economist.com
http://www.economist.com/world/na/displaystory.cfm?story_id=1099030
"In a normal democracy, voters choose their representatives. In America, it is rapidly becoming the other way around"