Democracy Quote by Jonathan Raban

Election Day outside of big cities is different. For one thing, there are so few people in my town that each individual vote really…

— Susan Orlean

The drama of any election night often obscures the banal reality behind voting. Even when winners and losers are clear, it takes time to…

— Jamelle Bouie

U.S. elections are run by counties, and the laws they follow are set by each state.

— Josh Shapiro

That's a fact of our federal system of government: each state runs their election differently - and that's OK.

— Josh Shapiro

Mail-in ballots are a huge source of potential voter fraud. For instance, ballots mailed to wrong addresses or large residential buildings might get intercepted.

— Tom Fitton

In fact, there is no law that says election results must come the same day as the election. Historically, they used to take days.

— Heather Cox Richardson

Things on the whole are much faster in America; people don't 'stand for election', they 'run for office.'

— Jessica Mitford

Maybe it's because I've never been in politics, but I don't believe that America is run by politicians in Washington. I believe it's run…

— Wesley Clark

A key reason that elections are run so badly is that in most states, political partisans are in charge.

— Adam Cohen

It only takes around 60 seconds to cast your vote in the polling station. 60 seconds to protect the economy, 60 seconds to protect…

— Ross Kemp

There's a big gap between public opinion polls and the vote in Washington, in Congress.

— Gloria Steinem

According to the U.S. Census, the most common reason people give for not voting is that they were too busy or had conflicting work…

— Jeff Miller