Democracy In America? Give me a break!

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It is nothing less than shameful that Americans have to wait in line for several hours or more to vote. Like in some third world country.

There is a genuine suspicion among a great many voters that some of the electronic voting machines might be rigged.

When was the last time you heard of someone going to jail over election fraud? Politicians and their surrogates routinely lie about their opponents in television ads, but this dishonesty about the opponent’s character doesn’t appear to be against any law that is actually enforced.

It is common to hear unintelligent and ignorant people like President George Bush II wrap themselves in the American flag and preach to the rest of the world about the benefits of democracy. But back home they don’t do much at all to support true democracy. If you are poor or you have dark colored skin there still are genuine roadblocks to your voting in America.

The Electoral College still exists and it is still possible for the candidate who overwhelmingly gets the most votes from the voters to lose the election. Absurd!

All of this has been talked about for years, but after all these years, not much at all has been done to improve the situation.
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