The US prides itself on a free and fair election system. It's the main hallmark of democracy. But as RT's Anastasia Churkina reports, stealing an election in America is easier than 1,2,3.
The U.S. - a beacon of democracy, and an example to be followed by the rest of the world. One big source of pride is its' fundamental concept of free and fair elections.
"American elections are a disgrace. It's like looking into a kitchen of a world-class restaurant and losing your appetite at what you see, because we have an election system, a voting system that is completely non-transparent," said Mark Crispin Miller, Professor at NYU and author of "Fooled Again, How the Right Stole the 2004 Elections."
This is an opinion shared by many political experts and educators.
"If you were to hand your vote to a man in a magician's suit who then went behind a curtain and came out having first shredded the ballots, to tell you who won - would you trust that process?" said the co-founder and director of the Election Defense Alliance Jonathan, Simon.
The process largely to blame is the out-dated electronic voting system.
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Comment: One apparent reason why there is no pressing need for uniform nationwide rules on voting systems is that it is fairly well known among powerbrokers that the outcome is a foregone conclusion: either their puppet on the left will win, or their puppet on the right will win... why bother with rigorous procedures when all that matters is which one of the 'Democrat' (Corporatist Party) or 'Republican' (Corporatist Party) candidates comes out on top?