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"Steal This Vote" |
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by The Nation Magazine-posted by Tom Klammer
Email: 73740.3255 (nospam) compuserve.com (verified) |
19 Aug 2005
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Get over it? I don't think so.
Major problems with the election process should concern anybody who believes at all in voting rights. Links at bottom to info on this book, and to Paul Krugman's column in the New York Times about our electoral mess (may require free registration.) |
Sadly, the Florida presidential fiasco of 2000 was anything but a fluke. And things have only gotten worse with the advent of computer touch-screen systems that experts have criticized as badly designed, poorly programmed, unaccountable and unequal to the demands required of them.
A powerful new book by investigative reporter Andrew Gumbel takes a tough look at electoral democracy in the US and blames the defects of today's electoral system on a corrupted political environment created by both major parties, and on a large number of state and county election officials more interested in appearances than in the integrity of the democratic process.
For more info on "Steal This Vote," recently released by Nation Books:
http://www.nationbooks.org/book.mhtml?t=gumbel
This morning, another insightful commentator, Paul Krugman, devoted considerable space in his New York Times column to Gumbel's book, praising it as "a very judicious work," which "provides the best overview I've seen of the 2000 Florida vote. And he documents the simple truth: Al Gore won the 2000 presidential election."
To read Krugman's column:
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/19/opinion/19krugman.html?pagewanted=prin
Along with his analysis of Election 2000, Gumbel recounts the distressing but colorful history of electoral manipulation in America from the framers of the constitution, through Boss Tweed's New York, the Daley machine in Chicago and beyond. So whether you're a student of history, an electoral activist or simply a citizen concerned with the state of democracy in America, this book is for you.
Buy a copy today by clicking below:
http://www.nationbooks.org/book.mhtml?t=gumbel
You can also read a special Nation online exclusive by Gumbel from last May to get a sense of the quality of Gumbel's prose and the force of his arguments. http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20050509&s;=gumbel
And check out the Nation Books site for info on a host of other new titles, all sure to be of interest to Nation subscriber. http://www.nationbooks.org/
Finally, please visit http://www.thenation.com/ to post comments to Nation blogs, to view news-wire links updated twice each day, for info on nationwide activist campaigns, Nation History offerings, exclusive online reports, and special weekly selections from The Nation magazine!
Best Regards,
Peter Rothberg, The Nation |
See also:
http://www.nationbooks.org/book.mhtml?t=gumbel
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/19/opinion/19krugman.html?pagewanted=print
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