Election Integrity

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This Wednesday, the New York Times published a story about a presidential nominee, Mr. Jeffrey Gerrish. The story shows how Gerrish voted illegally in the last presidential election, due to his moving from Virginia to Maryland, but still voting in Virginia when November 8th came around. Virginia does give a grace period of thirty days after moving out of the state to vote, but Garrish had moved prior to the 30-day mark. The article then goes on to discuss the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity, making a comment that the commission has been very controversial and that election fraud is “extremely rare”.
In chapter 3 of his book, Van Belle discusses leadership and how to control the behavior of the people one leads. He also

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