Voting System Quotes

“Denying the popular vote is un-American and anti-democratic.”
― DaShanne Stokes

“The voting system is not just political; it is economic and social and educational. It is omnipresent and omniscient. And it is fallible. Yet, when a structure is broken, we are fools if we simply ignore the defect in favor of pretending that our democracy isn’t cracking at the seams. Our obligation is to understand where the problem is, find a solution, and make the broken whole again.”
― Stacey Abrams, Our Time Is Now: Power, Purpose, and the Fight for a Fair America

“Last night I taught my daughter about democracy by asking her to vote for the pizza she wanted to eat and then I ordered fried rice because I am the one with the money.”
― Bhushan Mahadani

“Outcomes of voting cannot, in general, be regarded as accurate amalgamations of voters’ values. Sometimes they may be accurate, sometimes not; but since we seldom know which situation exists, we cannot, in general, expect accuracy. Hence we cannot expect fairness either.”
― William H. Riker, Liberalism Against Populism: A Confrontation Between the Theory of Democracy and the Theory of Social Choice

“Vote the candidate, not the party.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Mad About Humans: World Maker's Almanac

“As a result, there is no technical mechanism that can ensure that every layer in the system is unaltered and thus no technical mechanism that can ensure that a computer application will produce accurate results.”
― Lee C. Bollinger, Securing the Vote: Protecting American Democracy