Category Archives: Voting Rights

Please Teach Trump What Bastille Day Celebrates

Posted on September 19, 2017 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Please Teach Trump What Bastille Day Celebrates Trump, having witnessed the Bastille Day or French National Day Parade, has decided that he needs that pomp of having a July 4 Parade next year showing off our military hardware. France’s parade … Continue reading →

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A Politician as FBI Director Will Affect All Legal Disputes, Not Just Russia

Posted on May 14, 2017 by Dennis SILVERMAN

A Politician as FBI Director Will Affect All Legal Disputes, Not Just Russia   No matter what the Russia investigation turns up, it likely won’t be acted upon in any effective way. Its clear now that Attorney General Sessions has … Continue reading →

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Trump’s Firing of Comey

Posted on May 12, 2017 by Dennis SILVERMAN

While the cable, tv news, and the press are saturating the coverage of FBI Director James Comey’s firing, and this insignificant blog is not needed on this, I will continue commenting on this. Part of the blog is just as … Continue reading →

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Will Trumpomania Ever Cease?

Posted on January 8, 2017 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Will Trumpomania Ever Cease? President-not-in-waiting Donald Trump has been running an off-the-chart-rating TV reality (unfortunately) show, that keeps the public in daily suspense, and the cable news channels in a monetary heaven. For our sanity, we hope that at some … Continue reading →

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Math of the 2016 Election

Posted on December 5, 2016 by Dennis SILVERMAN

This article contains the pdf of the lecture that I am giving to the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UC Irvine, on Dec. 6, 2016.  It started as the math hidden in the primaries, but got delayed until after the … Continue reading →

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Trump Continues to Assault Free Elections, and Californians’ Voting Rights

Posted on November 28, 2016 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Trump Continues to Assault Voting Rights, and Californians’ Voting Rights Just one day after my last article, in which I warned that Trump will again assault our election rights and our voting rights in the future, he struck again.  In … Continue reading →

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Donald Trump Has Consistently Challenged Our Freedom of Elections and Voting

Posted on November 27, 2016 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Donald Trump has consistently challenged our freedom of elections and voting. Throughout his campaign, which he won by the way, Trump has consistently challenged most aspects of the election system, when he thought that he might lose something.  (This seems … Continue reading →

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An Internet Vote for President

Posted on November 9, 2016 by Dennis SILVERMAN

An Internet Vote for President, With or Without an Electoral Vote This article is a suggestion for an Internet vote for President, which works with the present electoral vote system, or also with its possible future conversion to a popular … Continue reading →

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California Should Celebrate Its National Election Contributions

Posted on November 6, 2016 by Dennis SILVERMAN

California Should Celebrate Its National Election Contributions I and others complain that California, whose polls close at the latest hours, and which is far from a swing state, and has one of the last primaries, appears to be far from … Continue reading →

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Does Trump’s Acceptance of the Voters’ Decision Matter?

Posted on October 24, 2016 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Does Trump’s Acceptance of the Voter’s Decision Matter? In the Presidential election, the mechanics of counting the votes, appointing the electors, and adding them up is determined exactly by law, and produces a winner. This takes place independent of the … Continue reading →

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