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Election victories increasingly depend on factors other than who votes, or tries to vote, and for whom. In 2000, the presidency was awarded by the Supreme Court, pre-empting the count of thousands of Florida votes.

I don't think Bush was legitimately elected President.

The people are always worsted in an election.

The very foundation of our democracy depends on the integrity of our elections.

We have a president who stole the presidency through family ties, arrogance and intimidation, employing Republican operatives to exercise the tactics of voter fraud by disenfranchising thousands of blacks, elderly Jews and other minorities.

I don't think there is anything more bitter in American politics than a close election.

Elections are rarely perfect.

My publicist told me not to talk about politics but, yes, I think we have a president who stole the election.

It's not clear in the U.S. at the moment, either. We're going through another election.

We're like a Third World country when it comes to some of our election practices.

Bad government is made in the poling places of this country.

There's only one problem with this year's upcoming Presidential election—one of the candidates has to win.

If the Election be made by the People in large Districts, there will be no danger of Demagogues.

Popular elections are uncertain.

In 21st-century America, as in Georgian Britain, elections are raucous, flamboyant, flag-waving, expensive, and sometimes ramshackle things.

As long as there have been elections, there have been attempts to keep eligible people from voting.

The documented incidences of voter fraud are very rare, yet throughout the country, forces have mobilized in over 30 states to stop it. These efforts are very partisan.

I doubt if there will ever be another Republican president in my lifetime.

It seems to be impossible to hold a credible election without reforming the electoral system.

The total bogus voters in Dera Bassi might be several thousand.

You constantly hear about voter fraud... but you don't see huge amounts of vote fraud out there.

I am convinced that we as a body must conduct a formal and legitimate debate about election irregularities.

The 2000 election exposed some ugly history in our country.

There are a number of Americans who shouldn't vote. The number is 57 percent, to judge by the combined total of Clinton and Perot ballots in the 1996 presidential election.

You know, having been an election monitor in countries across the world, I can tell you that we would never certify another country's election if it had as many flaws in place as we had in Florida.