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Voting fairness in America [audio 12min]

Journalist Farai Chideya leads a discussion on America's modern democratic process and whether the current electoral system is fair. She's joined by William Poundstone, author of Gaming the Vote: Why Elections Aren't Fair, and What We Can Do About It and Robert Traynham, D.C. bureau chief for the Comcast cable network, CN8.
Read entire article at NPR "News & Notes"