Word: closed
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Many of the advantages of electronic balloting overlap with those of other proposed reforms. But fundamentally, the root of the problem in determining such a close election lies with faulty and inconsistent balloting, which no reform of polling hours or voting day will address. It's about time we shake the moths out of our antiquated voting procedure lest they produce yet another national farce...
...appearance of wreaths on lampposts and the Milky Way strewn across Mass. Ave. means that holiday season is here, with peace on earth, goodwill toward men--and unbearable shopping stress. There's a wealth of stores close at hand in the Square, but it's easy to get lost in the profusion. Save yourself a rough week with this holiday gift guide, with intriguing new choices for everyone on your list...
Jhumpa Lahiri won this year's Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for this moving collection of stories about Indian-Americans and the challenges of immigration. Some of the tales hit close to home, like "Third and Final Continent," about an Indian man who struggles to adapt to life in Cambridge and eventually sends a son to Harvard...
...problem with that charge is this: Hand recounts have been the most trusted response to close votes in this country for a century - that is, as long as machines have been around to louse things up. The law has always enshrined hand counts as a more accurate reflection of voter intent than machines...
...course, both parties are doing what's in their own self-interest. There's no such thing as statesmanship in a close election. It just so happens that it's in the Democrats' interest to "count every ballot" and it's in the Republicans' interest to certify things as they...