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Learn More: Why Voting Integrity Matters to U.S. National Security (opens the original)
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Americans typically think about voting as a constitutional right, a civic responsibility, and a way to choose their representatives. But election integrity is also a national security concern.<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="582" src="https://substackcdn.com
Learn More: The Ballot Has Never Stood Still (opens the original)
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How more than two centuries of reform shaped American electionsIf an American voter from 1800 walked into a polling place today, almost nothing would look familiar.Government-printed ballots, private voting booths, computerized voter-registration systems, accessible voting equipment, paper audit trail, and procedures for verifying election results all developed over time. American election administration did not emerge fully formed at the nation’s founding.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable
Learn More: From Soldiers in the Field to Ballots in the Mail (opens the original)
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Mail voting became a major subject of national debate during the 2020 election, but the underlying idea—allowing an eligible voter to cast a ballot while away from a traditional polling place—is much older.Its American history stretches back more than two centuries and began largely with a practical problem: How could citizens serving far from home still vote?An Early Problem: Soldiers Away From Home<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!NRyH!,
A Fresh Start at West Point (opens the original)
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Editor’s Note:West Point has welcomed new leadership in the top three posts in recent months. It follows a court decision growing out of President Trump’s Executive Order 14185, “Restoring America’s Fighting Force.” The EO led to “harsh and public” action at West Point according to NSL4A member Joseph Zengerle. A judge in the Southern District of New York ruled in favor of a civilian professor who fought new restrictions on faculty instruction. In his essay, Zengerle provides the details of the
How many Americans have died in the Iran war? The Pentagon won’t say (opens the original)
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Editor’s Note:The Pentagon has been criticized since July for listing military killed and wounded during hostilities with Iran in two separate categories, the Operation Epic Fury casualties and a separate category called “Overseas Operations.” Chief Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell rebutted criticism saying, “Claims of concealment are fabrications meant to further distress the American people…” However, the Pentagon’s opaque accounting continues to damage public confidence in the Trump Administra
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