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U.S. Election Integrity Compares Poorly to Other Democracies
USNews ^ | Oct. 7, 2020 | Elliott Davis

Posted on 01/06/2021 9:02:37 AM PST by Leaning Right

WITH LESS THAN ONE month until the 2020 presidential election in the United States, research shows that the integrity of the country's elections has compared poorly to other democracies in recent years – and questions remain over how the Nov. 3 contest will turn out in the era of the coronavirus pandemic.

A 2019 report published by the Electoral Integrity Project, an independent project based out of Harvard University, found that U.S. elections from July 2012 through December 2018 rated "lower than any other long-established democracies and affluent societies."

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Miscellaneous; Society
KEYWORDS: elections; integrity
This is something 99% of us already know. Posted only to give you some ammunition when your liberal acquaintances tell you how fair US elections always are.

By the way, the US scored 61 on the Election Integrity scale. That was the same as Mexico, and lower than every country in Western Europe. I wonder how much lower the Democrats will be pushing our score.

1 posted on 01/06/2021 9:02:37 AM PST by Leaning Right
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To: Leaning Right

“other democracies”

I think we are out of that class


2 posted on 01/06/2021 9:05:42 AM PST by silverleaf (Age Takes a Toll: Please Have Exact Change.)
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To: Leaning Right

Most countries in Europe surveyed computerized voting around 2008-to-2010, and then wrote laws to prevent their use...even in sheet-reading.

All members of the EU require a national ID card. Most countries in the EU require you to report your new residence within 30 days of moving in, and only by this method can you be registered to vote in the district/city.

No country in Europe reports any issue with dead people voting.


3 posted on 01/06/2021 9:08:27 AM PST by pepsionice
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To: Leaning Right

4 posted on 01/06/2021 9:08:59 AM PST by Red Badger (TREASON is the REASON for the SLEAZIN'.................................)
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To: Leaning Right

I don’t care about democracies. How does it compare to other republics?


5 posted on 01/06/2021 9:15:42 AM PST by BuffaloJack (Neither safety nor security exists in nature. Everything is dangerous and has risk.)
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To: Leaning Right

“...U.S. Election Integrity Compares Poorly to Other Democracies.....”

Poorly? Just poorly????
How about the very bottom of the stinkin’ 3rd world barrel would be more like it. It’s a total disgrace...the world is laughing its azz off at us.


6 posted on 01/06/2021 9:16:28 AM PST by lgjhn23 (Libs are a virus.....the DemoVirus!!)
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To: pepsionice

Interesting. Thanks for that EU info.

And as I side note, I was a member of a union for decades. It was much tougher to vote in a union election than it was to vote in a governmental election.

To vote in a union election, you had to show ID at the door AND be vouched for by one of the door guys. Just one or the other wasn’t good enough.


7 posted on 01/06/2021 9:17:48 AM PST by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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To: Leaning Right

Since the USA is the biggest military power in the world. Its internal domestic stability and elections are a primary target for every foreign power out there.


8 posted on 01/06/2021 9:18:56 AM PST by Bayard
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To: Leaning Right

Disgusting BS from our government at all levels!


9 posted on 01/06/2021 9:19:04 AM PST by Chgogal (#StopBiden'sBananaRepublic. )
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To: lgjhn23

> Poorly? Just poorly???? <

This report came out in 2019. I’m sure the one covering 2020 will be a real doozy.


10 posted on 01/06/2021 9:19:17 AM PST by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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Voter ID and in person voting (besides certain excuses such military service or someone is in the hospital)
This isn’t rocket science.


11 posted on 01/06/2021 9:21:44 AM PST by escapefromboston (Free Assange )
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To: silverleaf

It cracks me up that we have the nerve to send election monitors to other countries.


12 posted on 01/06/2021 9:40:27 AM PST by The Antiyuppie (When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.)
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To: escapefromboston

“Voter ID and in person voting (besides certain excuses such military service or someone is in the hospital)
This isn’t rocket science”

It’s working as designed.
It’s designed to be easily manipulated.


13 posted on 01/06/2021 9:42:03 AM PST by The Antiyuppie (When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.)
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To: Leaning Right

If anything, this mess has put some sunshine on what a joke our elections are, and on a global scale. Not that that’s going to stop Commiecrats from stealing them in the future.


14 posted on 01/06/2021 9:51:34 AM PST by virgil (The evil that men do lives after them )
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To: Leaning Right

This came out of Harvard?

I’m shocked as Harvard is no Right-leaning institution.


15 posted on 01/06/2021 9:53:27 AM PST by Bishop_Malachi (Liberal Socialism - A philosophy which advocates spreading a low standard of living equally.)
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> This came out of Harvard? <

I noticed that too. And I’m surprised that they didn’t delete everything after Biden was “elected”.


16 posted on 01/06/2021 10:22:08 AM PST by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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To: Leaning Right

We need all voters to dip their fingers in purple ink after voting, like they do in Afghanistan.


17 posted on 01/06/2021 10:26:11 AM PST by silent majority rising
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To: Leaning Right

Our system is the laughing stock of the world. Zimbabwe has more transparent elections.


18 posted on 01/06/2021 10:53:31 AM PST by Organic Panic (Flinging poo is not a valid argument)
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To: Leaning Right
U.S. Election Integrity

Contradiction in terms.

19 posted on 01/06/2021 12:25:11 PM PST by Renkluaf
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