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November 2003
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Gore Uncut
By Marc Cooper, LA Weekly
Of America's founding fathers, Benjamin Franklin was the only one to view the Constitution as a transitional document. Without Constitutional Conventions every generation, Franklin predicted that despotism was inevitable. In this LA Weekly interview author Gore Vidal analyzes the accuracy and political consequences of Franklin's vision.
-- Erin Ferdinand
http://www.laweekly.com/ink/03/52/features-cooper.php

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And They Don't Even Have Touch-Screens Yet
By Staff, Indystar.com
The machines have risen up! They're sabotaging elections! Not quite, but due to a glitch in tabulation software, voting machines in Boone County, Indiana, briefly reported voter turnout of 144,000 in local elections earlier this month, out of a pool of 19,000 possible voters.
-- Kyle Cohen
http://www.indystar.com/articles/6/091021-1006-009.html

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