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  • Nine Defeats, One Objective

    Nine Defeats, One Objective

    Notes from the Field — Dispatch, June 22, 2026 In nine months, the federal government has tried at least nine different ways to find out who…

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  • Five Times the Loser Won

    Five Times the Loser Won

    Block 6, Article 2 © 2026 Steve Sagnotti. When did you last see a presidential candidate campaign in your state? In the 2024 presidential election, approximately…

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  • The System That Was Never About You

    The System That Was Never About You

    Block 6, Article 1 Has your vote for president ever been equal to anyone else’s? The answer depends on where you live. It always has. Wyoming…

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  • The Reform That Worked and the Money That Killed It

    The Reform That Worked and the Money That Killed It

    Block 5, Article 4 © 2026 Steve Sagnotti. Ranked choice voting does one thing: it lets voters rank their preferences. First choice, second choice, third. If…

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  • The Immune Response

    The Immune Response

    Block 5, Article 3 © 2026 Steve Sagnotti. The two-party system has one reliable response to every serious challenge: it neutralizes the vehicle and buries the…

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  • The Wall Nobody Else Built

    The Wall Nobody Else Built

    Block 5, Article 2 © 2026 Steve Sagnotti. Every functioning democracy made a choice about what its electoral system should produce. Germany chose coalition government —…

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