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In which @kdrum reads my "I want to vomit" tweet from last night as about the new census revelation. Sam Wang thought it was about Menashi confirmation. Others about last night's gloating by McConnell about blocking Garland. Folks, it's overdetermined
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Not to mention this nauseating development:

or this Kozinski-related development:
In short, yesterday was really a terrible day for American democracy and few people put it all together.
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This is a very thoughtful counterpoint to my question, and deserves more testing. I do wonder how this compares to voters filling in the wrong bubbles on optically scanned ballots, and other errors introduced to a process that produces something less readable than a BMD.
I remain open to persuasion on the issue, based upon what evidence we see in the field. I'm quite happy to see DRE machines replaced, even with BMDs---almost anything with a paper trail is a great improvement.
And I have no dog in this fight, other than professional interest in what is the best system balancing all kinds of things, including security, integrity, and access for voters with disabilities.
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On my way to a federal judicial conference in Lake Tahoe to talk about trust in American elections and my upcoming book, #ElectionMeltdown
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How does Cosovoy live with himself advancing such a horrid and anti-democratic argument? (Remember the Washington Post puff piece on him claiming that he's not really a political guy?
lol about the guy who has taken on cases do to things like defend the ability of the President to be able to murder someone and not face a criminal investigation while in office or to kill the voting rights act
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