Winner was clear but system is murky
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We've had college basketball champions with double-digit losses, but no one complained because the tournament process was deemed to be rigorous and, more importantly, fair.
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When it's "win-win," you know someone's getting the sharp end of the stick.
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Sometimes our voters get it exactly right, though the margins of victory may be slim.
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More and more bloggers are waking to the news:  Lessig :   ...  "Bush has won the popular vote. And it would take a freak of nature to imagine the 220,000 provisional ballots would fall strongly enough to shift Ohio. He will win the College. He is our President - legitimately, and credibly."  "Our criticism of this administration must now focus narrowly and sharply: on the policies, not on the credibility of the man."  Joi Ito :  "As Larry says, "It's over. Let it go." Jon is saying, "Don't complain - organize!" Although the previous post about the wacky voting system is interesting, it's unlikely that any sort of recount or technicality will change the fact that today, the people of the Uni ...
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Counting in Afghanistanâs presidential election concluded today, with US-backed interim leader Hamid Karzai the clear winner even though some ballot boxes were &quot;obviously stuffed,&quot; election officials said.
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Georgia's presidential election was broadly free and fair but had shortcomings, international observers say.
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Some voters say machines indicated they had voted for a different candidate.
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The presidential race is too close to project a winner right now, but that doesn't mean it will be too close on Election Day to prevent a landslide.
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Its latest results might be a surprise because of the challenges the company has faced this year.
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By Jennifer Davies, The San Diego Union-Tribune  Jun. 22--From hanging chads to computer glitches that mysteriously lose  thousands of votes, Lori Steele figures there has to be a better way to run  elections.
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He'd lost the leader in the upstream sun. Malcolm Howard knew that Mahe Drysdale, the three-time world champion, was somewhere between him and the finish line. The only question was how fast the New Zealander was moving and whether Howard could beat the clock before Drysdale did.
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You can find tomorrow's winners. Here's how.
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Running the country is no game. It just sounds like one sometimes. In the Bush White House, sports are a metaphor for life. Better keep up if you want to play.
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The exit polling got it wrong, as did predictions that the popular vote would be close. Turns out bookies make the best pundits. Despite predictions of a tight election by major news organizations and pundits
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Former general Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was declared the runaway winner of Indonesia&#39;s first direct presidential election on Monday, but faced an immediate problem when his opponent refused to concede defeat.
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Even though the results are just a few days old, it&#39;s already hard to keep track of the lessons from, and implications of, Tuesday&#39;s election.
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Disappointing guidance marks this winner as a loser.