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Wednesday 10th of June 2026

Election meddling My people came to me, Dan Coats [Director of National Intelligence] came to me and some others, they said they think it's Russia. I have President Putin; he just said it's not Russia. I will say this: I don't see any reason why it would be. Donald Trump, standing beside Vladimir Putin at the Helsinki summit press conference, siding with Putin over America's intelligence agencies © 2018 Kwiple.com
Election meddling Yes I did. Yes I did. Because he talked about bringing the U.S.-Russia relationship back to normal. Vladimir Putin, responding to a reporter who asked him at the Helsinki summit press conference, “Did you want President Trump to win the election? And did you direct  any of your officials to help him do that?” © 2018 Kwiple.com
Election officials Only one-third of Republicans (34%) and two-thirds of Democrats (67%) believe election officials are trustworthy. World Justice Project report on U.S. Rule of Law Trends and the 2024 Election © 2024 Kwiple.com
Elections After more than a century of experience with other alternatives, isn't it time at last to open our minds to the possibility that first-past-the-post may be just fine for horse races but might not be best for elections in a large and diverse democratic country like ours? Might we not also want to consider the possible advantages of a multiparty system? Robert A. Dahl, How Democratic Is the American Constitution?  © 2018 Kwiple.com
Elections Any election can be the last, or at least the last in the lifetime of the person casting the vote. Timothy Snyder, On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century © 2017 Kwiple.com
Elections The best way to steal an election is to accuse the other guy of stealing the election. Greg Palast, The Best Democracy Money Can Buy © 2016 Kwiple.com
Elections Campaign promises are, by long democratic tradition, the least binding form of human commitment. Antonin Scalia © 2016 Kwiple.com
Elections Elections are not about finding the truth; if they were, there couldn't be such a thing as a loyal and legitimate opposition. Instead, we would have to assume that losers who persist with their position are simply liars. Jan-Werner Müller, Democracy Rules © 2021 Kwiple.com
Elections Elections aren't stolen in the vote count; they're stolen in the no count. Mary Frances Berry © 2015 Kwiple.com
Elections Here's one thing I know: if you have to win a campaign by dividing people, you're not going to be able to govern them. You won't be able to unite them later if that's how you start. Barack Obama © 2017 Kwiple.com
Elections I am committed to helping Ohio deliver its electoral votes to the President. Walden O'Dell, CEO of Diebold, manufacturer of electronic voting machines used in Ohio in 2004, in a fundraising letter supporting re-election of George W. Bush, whose victory there, a swing state, proved decisive © 2015 Kwiple.com
Elections I don't care who does the electing, so long as I get to do the nominating. William M. “Boss” Tweed © 2021 Kwiple.com
Elections In practice, perhaps the most urgent practical steps in the United States involve: (i) reforming electoral regu- lations for registration and balloting; (ii) building more impartial, independent, and professional electoral management bodies; (iii) monitoring performance and expanding transparency through electoral observers, developing comparative and state-level indicators, and strengthening watchdog agencies; (iv) strengthening dispute resolution mechanisms and oversight agencies. Pippa Norris, Why American Elections Are Flawed (And How to Fix Them) © 2018 Kwiple.com
Elections Money beat money © 2015 Kwiple.com
Elections Nothing's perfect in life, so you have an election that's not quite perfect. Is it better than not having an election? You bet. Donald Rumsfeld, on the low-turnout, violence-ridden, Sunni-boycotted elections in Iraq in 2005 © 2015 Kwiple.com
Elections The primary models of electoral administration … concern whether the main actors are governmental or independent agencies (on the horizon- tal axis) and whether decision-making and regulations are largely centralized or localized (on the vertical). Based on these distinctions, US electoral administration is primarily governmental-localized. This is quite possibly the worst combination. Pippa Norris, Why American Elections Are Flawed (And How to Fix Them) © 2018 Kwiple.com
Elections  So, I ask every elected official in America: How do you want to be remembered? At consequential moments in history, they present a choice: Do you want to be on the side of Dr. King or George Wallace? Do you want to be on the side of John Lewis or Bull Connor? Do you want to be on the side of Abraham Lincoln or Jefferson Davis? This is the moment to decide to defend our elections, to defend our democracy. Joe Biden, January 11, 2022, after which Mitch McConnell, speaking for  Republican lawmakers everwhere, said, in effect, “Silly of Joe to ask. Of course, we're with George, Bull and Jeff of sacred memory.” © 2022 Kwiple.com
Elections Strictly speaking, all an election reveals is the first preferences of some citizens among the candidates standing for office. Robert A. Dahl, On Political Equality © 2018 Kwiple.com
Elections The trouble with free elections is that you never know how they are going to turn out. Vyacheslav Molotov, 1954 [Often attributed to Leonid Brezhnev] © 2021 Kwiple.com
Elections When evaluating the integrity of elections, experts rated America exceptionally poorly. Compared with all 153 countries in the [Perceptions of Electoral Integrity (PEI)] survey, based on the average evaluations of both the 2012 and 2014 US elections, America scored 62 out of the 100-point PEI Index. Compared with the rest of the world, the United States ranks 52nd worldwide. Pippa Norris, Why American Elections Are Flawed (And How to Fix Them) © 2018 Kwiple.com
Elections When you turn an election into a three-ring circus, there's always a chance the dancing bear will win. Nancy Isenberg, White Trash © 2016 Kwiple.com
 
Elections You can’t have an election in the middle of a political season. Donald Trump © 2024 Kwiple.com