Contested Elections Are a Danger to Our Military

If intense political partisanship is allowed to creep into the ranks, it could fracture the chain of command.

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The New York Times 10:00 am on February 25, 2021
Tags: Absentee Voting ( 349 ), Alito, Samuel A Jr ( 81 ), Barrett, Amy Coney ( 212 ), florida ( 597 ), Gorsuch, Neil M ( 65 ), Kavanaugh, Brett M ( 93 ), Minorities ( 281 ), Pennsylvania ( 275 ), Presidential Election of 2000, Presidential Election of 2020 ( 4,043 ), Redistricting and Reapportionment ( 159 ), Republican Party ( 2,654 ), Roberts, John G Jr ( 127 ), State Legislatures ( 448 ), States (US) ( 505 ), Supreme Court (US) ( 1,203 ), Supreme Courts (State) ( 51 ), Thomas, Clarence ( 75 ), Trump, Donald J ( 6,500 ), United States ( 3,834 ), Voter Fraud (Election Fraud) ( 505 ), Voter Registration and Requirements ( 297 ), Voting Rights Act (1965) ( 101 )

We Still Have to Worry About the Supreme Court and Elections

The justices are about to consider whether the Voting Rights Act applies to policies that restrict the vote.

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The New York Times 7:58 pm on November 6, 2020
Tags: Constitution (US) ( 296 ), Democratic Party ( 2,411 ), Elections, House of Representatives ( 419 ), Gore, Al ( 14 ), Hayes, Rutherford Birchard ( 6 ), Inaugurations ( 103 ), Politics and Government ( 4,288 ), Presidential Election of 2000, Primaries and Caucuses ( 483 ), Randall, Samuel J (1828-90), Republican Party ( 2,654 ), Supreme Court (US) ( 1,203 ), Tilden, Samuel J, United States Politics and Government ( 9,015 ), Voter Fraud (Election Fraud) ( 505 )

In the Messiest Contested Election, One Man Saved the System From Itself

Samuel Randall went against his own party’s wishes to keep the U.S. political system from falling apart.

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The New York Times 10:00 am on November 2, 2020
Tags: Alito, Samuel A Jr ( 81 ), Barrett, Amy Coney ( 212 ), Bush, George W ( 129 ), Constitution (US) ( 296 ), florida ( 597 ), Fourteenth Amendment (US Constitution) ( 29 ), Kavanaugh, Brett M ( 93 ), O'Connor, Sandra Day ( 11 ), Pennsylvania ( 275 ), Presidential Election of 2000, Presidential Election of 2020 ( 4,043 ), Republican Party ( 2,654 ), Roberts, John G Jr ( 127 ), Scalia, Antonin ( 30 ), Souter, David H ( 3 ), Supreme Court (US) ( 1,203 ), United States ( 3,834 ), United States Politics and Government ( 9,015 ), Voter Registration and Requirements ( 297 ), Wisconsin ( 165 )

Has the Court Learned Nothing From Bush v. Gore?

Apparently not.

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The New York Times 3:34 pm on October 28, 2020
Tags: Elections, Courts and the Judiciary ( 37 ), Kavanaugh, Brett M ( 93 ), Presidential Election of 2000, Presidential Election of 2020 ( 4,043 ), Supreme Court (US) ( 1,203 )

As Supreme Court Weighs Election Cases, a New Life for Bush v. Gore

After two decades of legal obscurity, the ruling that handed the 2000 election to George W. Bush is getting fresh attention.

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The New York Times 9:00 am on October 28, 2020
Tags: Barrett, Amy Coney ( 212 ), Constitution (US) ( 296 ), Federal Courts (US) ( 77 ), Kavanaugh, Brett M ( 93 ), Pennsylvania ( 275 ), Presidential Election of 2000, Rehnquist, William H ( 9 ), Republican Party ( 2,654 ), Roberts, John G Jr ( 127 ), State Legislatures ( 448 ), States (US) ( 505 ), Supreme Court (US) ( 1,203 ), Supreme Courts (State) ( 51 )

The Supreme Court Should Stay Out of State Election Law

Allowing federal courts to muck around with state election laws is dangerous and destabilizing.

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The New York Times 10:00 am on October 27, 2020
Tags: Bush, George W ( 129 ), Gore, Al ( 14 ), Presidential Election of 2000, Rutenberg, Jim ( 4 ), Supreme Court (US) ( 1,203 ), United States Politics and Government ( 9,015 )

Lessons From the 2000 Election

The Biden and Trump campaigns are quietly preparing for a contested election. What have Democrats and Republicans learned from the last time that happened?

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The New York Times 9:36 pm on October 25, 2020
Tags: Black People ( 2,792 ), Education (K-12) ( 1,127 ), Georgia ( 538 ), Presidential Election of 2000, Race and Ethnicity ( 1,888 ), Voter Registration and Requirements ( 297 ), Whites ( 229 )

A Voting Rights Battle in a School Board ‘Coup’

For Black residents of Sumter County, the fight for representation echoed the civil rights era. For white residents, it reflected the anxiety, made manifest by the Trump era, of maintaining power over institutions even without the votes to do so.

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The New York Times 10:00 am on October 22, 2020
Tags: Clinton, Hillary Rodham ( 107 ), Electoral College ( 90 ), Gore, Al ( 14 ), Presidential Election of 2000, Presidential Election of 2016 ( 273 ), Trump, Donald J ( 6,500 ), United States Politics and Government ( 9,015 ), Wegman, Jesse ( 3 )

What It Would Take to End the U.S. Electoral College

In two of the past five presidential elections, the Electoral College awarded the White House to the loser of the popular vote. Is the system broken?

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The New York Times 4:01 pm on October 20, 2020
Tags: florida ( 597 ), Midterm Elections (2018) ( 21 ), Presidential Election of 2000, Presidential Election of 2020 ( 4,043 ), Voter Registration and Requirements ( 297 ), Voting and Voters ( 560 ), Voting Machines ( 42 )

Will Florida, the Recount State, Be Ready for the Election?

Elections supervisors say the hard-earned lessons of the 2000 presidential recount and other messes have taught them well. But the challenges are already apparent.

#florida, #midterm-elections-2018, #presidential-election-of-2000, #presidential-election-of-2020, #voter-registration-and-requirements, #voting-and-voters, #voting-machines