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DeForest Soaries

"What we say is that democracy means that you have the right to vote without intimidation and undue burdens. But if you stand in line for six hours, technically, today there is no document, no standard, no law that says that that's wrong."

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Donna Grant

"Change represents the real spirit of democracy and the real America."

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Donna Grant

"Our nations (India and USA) may have been shaped by differing histories, cultures, and faiths. Yet, our belief in democracy for our nations and liberty for our countrymen is common. The idea that all citizens are created equal is a central pillar of the American constitution. Our founding fathers too shared the same belief and sought individual liberty for every citizen of India."

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Donna Grant

"In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of the majority is supreme."

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Donna Grant

"Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers."

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Donna Grant

"The more I see of democracy the more I dislike it. It just brings everything down to the mere vulgar level of wages and prices, electric light and water closets, and nothing else."

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Donna Grant

"Democracy makes us articulate our views, defend them, and refine them."

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Donna Grant

"Democracy arose from men's thinking that if they are equal in any respect, they are equal absolutely."

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Donna Grant

"Democracy can exist only in the countries where people are brave! Coward nations always live under the authoritarian regimes!"

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Donna Grant

"Let me say again that the relationship is asymmetrical: there's no democracy without a market economy, but you can have a market economy without democracy."

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Donna Grant

"Democracy fascinates me."

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DeForest Soaries
"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."

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DeForest Soaries
"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."

People

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DeForest Soaries
"We had to depend on other institutions to do research on our behalf. We had to use the information that already existed to craft the best practices to distribute throughout the country. And we had to do all of that in ten months."

Nation

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DeForest Soaries
"What we say is that democracy means that you have the right to vote without intimidation and undue burdens. But if you stand in line for six hours, technically, today there is no document, no standard, no law that says that that's wrong."

Democracy

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DeForest Soaries
"My sense was that most of the elected officials in Washington - in their heart of hearts - really believe that the system can't be too bad because it produced them."

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DeForest Soaries
"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."

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DeForest Soaries
"The Election Assistance Commission represents a major, unprecedented commitment from the federal government to sustained freedom and vibrant democracy. I am humbled by the prospect of being one its charter members."

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DeForest Soaries
"When public access to voting is impaired or when public confidence in voting is diluted, democracy suffers and our freedom is less secure."

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DeForest Soaries
"I started out as a 16 year old registering people to vote."

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DeForest Soaries
"I found that there is very little interest in Washington for true election reform. That neither the White House nor either house of the Congress seems to be as committed to guaranteeing democratic participation in this country as we seem to be in other countries."

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