It's an embarrassment that we don't have a broad enough consensus among political leaders that true reform should take place.

It's an embarrassment that we don't have a broad enough consensus among political leaders that true reform should take place.

And when people in power can stay in power they do very little to tinker with the apparatus that put them in power.

We have no basis for having a recall of any particular type of voting equipment because there are no standards. And when we do have standards, even these standards are required to be voluntary.

Beyond that, states had to also have electronic voting machines that made it possible for people who are physically handicapped to vote in private... and the computerized voting machine made it very easy for, particularly, the blind.

Democracy means that you have the right to vote without intimidation and undue burdens.

When I was growing up, we used to play basketball in a park that was never shoveled when it snowed. The basketball rims were never fixed. And we understood then that there was a relationship between public policy and our quality of life.