Florida Recount

This Is Your Country on Drugs

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2001: A Force to Reckon With

Power, as the founders of this country well knew, is a mighty temptation. Money is another. Put the two together, and you have a force to reckon with.

The God That Failed

Herman Schwartz : Election 2000 & The Supreme Court

The rule of law has taken a terrific beating from the Supreme Court.

Wanted: Three Electors

: Electoral Reform

Why not tackle the most undemocratic institution of all--the Electoral College?

Shut It Down

Calvin Trillin : Republican Party

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Yes, We're the Great Pretenders

Christopher Hitchens : Voters & Voting

Once again, voters and citizens alike are relegated to the roles of spectators and consumers. And party allegiance, which was becoming weaker and more discredited, has been revived in the most primitive way.

Vesuvius

Jonathan Schell : Republican Party

Whoever wins the legal battles over the election, recent events will cast a long shadow over American political life in the years ahead.

The postelection battle for the presidency is without doubt some kind of crisis, but it's not easy to define precisely what kind.

Counting That Chad Is Just the Texas Way

Robert Scheer : Texas

Election 1876

: Electoral Politics

The Long Count

: Voters & Voting

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Making Every Vote Count

Lani Guinier : Electoral Reform

The electoral fiasco in Florida offers the rare opportunity to suggest improvements in our voting practices that could lead to profound but eminently achievable reforms.