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Max asks: “And as much as it makes me hurt to think about it, I have a feeling it won’t be smooth or over by the 3rd. When did voting get so complicated? Why haven’t we spent the last 4 years trying to work and make sure we don’t have a repeat of 2000?”

Well. Ask yourself two questions: (1) who most directly benefited from the electoral mess in 2000? and (2) who is in power to put forward or obstruct serious electoral reform now? And there’s the answer to your questions as well.

Cynical? Sure, I’ll cop to that—but cynicism pays when folks like these are running the show.