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November 7, 1988

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annals of democracy

Counting Votes

ANNALS OF DEMOCRACY about voting by computer. Since 1964 different kinds of computer-based voting systems have been installed nationwide. This year 55% of …

Ronnie Dugger on counting votes: democracy's mechanics, the numbers that determine who governs.

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a reporter at large

THE RELIGION OF THE PAST III-SMOKE

Lengthy mention in REPORTER AT LARGE about the Old South. Writer tells about meeting James Applewhite. He was from an old tobacco family in eastern North …

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