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Speaker addresses correcting election problems
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Recently retired deputy director of the Federal Election Commission’s Office of Election Administration William Kimberling will discuss upcoming state and national elections at 7 p.m., Monday, October 20, in IU Kokomo’s Kelley Student Center, Room 130. Now a resident of Kokomo, Kimberling is recognized as an expert on election laws and procedures. He has served as an elections advisor and consultant to various states and numerous foreign nations, including Nicaragua, Panama, Chile, the Philippines and Liberia. Free and open to the public, Kimberling’ address, “should be of particular interest given the controversies surrounding the 2000 presidential election and the recent recall vote in California,” said Allen Safianow, Ph.D. A professor of history, Safianow serves as faculty advisor to the History/Political Science Club, the IU Kokomo student organization sponsoring the event. Such diverse Web sites as the Center for Voting and Democracy, Truth in Media, and the U.S. Constitution Online have cited Kimberling’s writings on the history of the U.S. Electoral College as recommended resources. Kimberling contends that the Electoral College “even in its present degenerated form—serves as an important safeguard against tyranny.” He has stated that most alternatives to the College would present even more problems for fair elections. He is currently writing a book titled Designing Election Systems. For more information on Kimberling’s address or the History/Political Science Club, contact club president Priyanka Sarda at psarda@iuk.edu or Allen Safianow at asafiano@iuk.edu.
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