Posts Tagged ‘Al Franken’

It’s Inauguration Day, But The Election Isn’t Over Yet

Posted in Elections and Voting on January 20th, 2009 by Chris Berry – 2 Comments

If you had a room filled with 2,885,555 pennies, could you count them by hand and come up with the correct total? Could you do it twice, or three times, and come up with the same number? Probably not, but that’s exactly what election officials in Minnesota have been trying to do since November.
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Minnesota Debacle Points To Need For Electoral Reform

Posted in Elections and Voting on January 5th, 2009 by Chris Berry – 5 Comments

If we compare the process of determining the winners in two recent Senate races, it is obvious that our electoral system is badly in need of reform. In the November general elections, Republican incumbent Saxby Chambliss of Georgia faced challengers from both the Democratic and Libertarian parties. Chambliss won 49.8% of the votes cast in [...]