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		rectang on April 23, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: They think they are above the law: the firms who o... It isn't technically complicated, but it is politically complicated: free and fair elections are not in everyone's interest. The technical problem will continue to persist (or will be reintroduced!) so long as it benefits someone in power to have a broken system in place.

maxxxxx on April 23, 2019 [–]

I think that's an important point. For a lot of people in US politics it's more important to "win" than to have fair elections.

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