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<DIV>Kevin Venzke wrote (Fri.Nov.7):</DIV>
<DIV>Hi,<BR><BR>--- En date de : Ven 7.11.08, Markus Schulze <<A href="http://lists.electorama.com/listinfo.cgi/election-methods-electorama.com"><FONT color=#810081>markus.schulze at alumni.tu-berlin.de</FONT></A>> a écrit :<BR>><I> Second: It makes it possible that the elections<BR></I>><I> are run by the governments of the individual<BR></I>><I> states and don't have to be run by the central<BR></I>><I> government.<BR></I><BR>I especially agree with this second point, or at least that it has been<BR>a good thing that the elections have not been conducted by a single<BR>authority.<BR><BR>It's possible to imagine a different American history, if the federal<BR>government had been in a position to cancel or postpone or manipulate the <BR>presidential election.<BR><BR>Kevin Venzke</DIV>
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<DIV>Kevin,</DIV>
<DIV>Why does having elections for national office run by a "central authority"</DIV>
<DIV>like a federal electoral commission necessarily mean that the "federal<BR>government" (presumably you refer here to partisan office-holders with</DIV>
<DIV>a stake in the election outcome) would have the power to "cancel or</DIV>
<DIV>postpone or manipulate" the presidential election?</DIV>
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<DIV>Can you please support your point by comparing the US with other</DIV>
<DIV>First World countries, perhaps just focussing on the last few decades?</DIV>
<DIV><BR>Chris Benham<BR></DIV></div><br>
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