Even those of us who opposed the Iraq war remember with some fondness the first Iraqi election in that nation’s history, which took place about 15 years ago, when jubilant Iraqis waved their ink-stained blue thumbs in the air, the ink offering proof that its possessor voted only once. Our election technology here in the U.S. is more advanced, but clearly less effective, indeed to the point of embarrassment. (The joke running across South America right now? The Americans can choose our presidents faster than they choose their own.) And …

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