
Although the final full results of the US presidential election have yet to be officially announced, all the indications are there that Joe Biden has won the electoral college fairly decisively, and will be the next president. The candidate for the Democrats is 5.3 million votes ahead of Donald Trump in the count of the popular vote. That the vote is taking so long is only partly due to the increased numbers of postal votes this year, due to the coronavirus pandemic. It's also caused by long-term problems with the US voting system. As journalist Glenn Greenwald recently explained: "The richest and most powerful country on earth – whether due to ineptitude, choice or some combination of both – has […]
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