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A torn and tattered patchwork quilt

The US presidential election system is not fit for purpose

13 March 2021

9:00 AM

13 March 2021

9:00 AM

In his speech to the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on 28 February, Donald Trump called for a series of reforms to ensure US elections are ‘fair, honest and accurate’. When he won in 2016, millions of Americans, appalled by manifest character flaws, refused to accept the outcome. Many Democratic lawmakers, aided and abetted by an increasingly partisan media, undermined him non-stop.

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