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Block the Vote: The 10 Worst Places to Cast a Ballot

By Sasha Abramsky, Mother Jones. Posted September 13, 2006.


American democracy's glaring weak spots include machines that count backward, slice-and-dice districts, felon baiting, phone jamming and plenty of dirty tricks.
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Block the Vote: The 10 Worst Places to Cast a Ballot

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Sasha Abramsky is the author of Conned: How Millions Went to Prison, Lost the Vote, and Helped Send George W. Bush to the White House (The New Press, 2006). Abramsky is currently a senior fellow at the New York-based Demos institute.

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