State of Maine: Restoring our faith in elections  - Mount Desert Islander
State of Maine: Restoring our faith in elections Much of the political turmoil surrounding us has to do with candidate elections. In order to fix what ails us, the focus should be not on who’s running but on the electoral process itself. Unfortunately, current “reform” efforts often have more to do with limiting voter access than with making voting simpler and more secure. Among the most unsettling proposals are changes that would take election outcomes out of the hands of highly qualified and conscientious civil servants (secretaries of state, town clerks) and give the...
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