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Elections are won by men and women chiefly because most people vote against somebody rather than for somebody. -- Franklin Pierce Adams
I am an immigrant with a Green Card and, therefore, I am not eligible to vote in a federal election. -- David Byrne
I've voted in every election - not always for the same political party and never with any degree of enthusiasm. -- Tom Stoppard
Votes in federal elections are cast and counted in a highly decentralized and variable fashion, with no uniform ballots and few national standards. -- Thomas E. Mann
Because Washington state now votes by mail, elections here tend to play out, at an agonizingly slow speed, over many days and, sometimes, weeks. -- Jonathan Raban
Across the nation, the election protection movement attracts ordinary citizens who educate their neighbors about their voting systems and the private companies that built and run them. -- Mimi Kennedy
It is important that the Iraqi people have confidence in the election results and that the voting process, including the process for vote counting, is free and fair. -- Zalmay Khalilzad
I reassure all Nigerians and the international community of our firm commitment to free, fair and credible elections. My commitment to free elections and one man, one vote remains unwavering. -- Goodluck Jonathan
We have seen voters denied their rights in recent elections as they have been incorrectly purged from lists, their absentee votes not counted, and voting machine integrity and security not assured. -- Marcy Kaptur
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. -- Mimi Kennedy
You know, there were 29 Democratic votes for censure in the Senate. And if the Republicans had any sense, they would have censured him before the '98 midterm election, and they would have won the election. -- Chris Matthews
I got involved because I wanted to help inspire more people to get off their butts and register and vote - not just in this election, but in every other election from now on, you know? -- Jello Biafra
I believe in the critical importance of participating in the political system - from voting to standing for election. It's both rewarding and necessary that men and women of good will and clear thinking engage in honest, open debate. -- Michael Nutter
I think we need to start with Philadelphia and make sure that we actually get some election reform in Philadelphia. Actually, a recent election was thrown out by a federal judge because of corruption with the voting process in Philadelphia. -- Patrick McHenry
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The Liberal Party of Canada, heading into an election, at the last minute they always stand up and they say: We know there's people out there that want to vote NDP and God love you. But if you vote for them you're throwing your vote away. -- Rick Mercer
And on election night I'd go down to city hall in El Paso, Texas and cover the election. In those days, of course, we didn't have exit polls. You didn't know who had won the election until they actually counted the votes. I thought that was exciting too. -- Sam Donaldson
In the 2000 presidential election, Al Gore got more votes than George W. Bush, but still lost the election. The Supreme Court's ruling in Florida gave Bush that pivotal state, and doomed Gore to lose the Electoral College. That odd scenario - where the candidate with the most votes loses - has happened three times in U.S. history. -- Juan Williams
There's a lot of fuss on the Left about election irregularities, like, you know, the voting machines were tampered with, they didn't count the votes right, and so on. That's all accurate and of some importance, but of far more importance is the fact that elections just don't take place, not in any meaningful sense of the term 'election.' -- Noam Chomsky
At every election, my vote goes to the candidate less likely to declare war. You're dropping hugely expensive pieces of exploding metal on a population. America deserves the president it gets, whether the country votes for them or allows their vote to be stolen, and the least we can do is to elect someone who won't do that to other people. -- Ian MacKaye
In the next election, I'm voting for your mom to be the next God. -- David Levithan
Last month, the Iraqi people went to the polls, voting in their first free election in more than 50 years. -- John M. McHugh
Communism is a form of government under which every citizen at election time enjoys the privilege of voting Yes. -- Evan Esar
I'm surprised John Lewis didn't invoke the suppression of voting rights in this election [2016]. I still think it's one of the most underreported stories. -- Katrina vanden Heuvel
The idea of an election is much more interesting to me than the election itself...The act of voting is in itself the defining moment. -- Jeff Melvoin
The next time they give you all that civic bullshit about voting, keep in mind that Hitler was elected in a full, free democratic election -- George Carlin
We need election reform because our elections are being stolen. And these huge powerful voting machine vending companies have privatized the election process in our country. -- Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

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