Commentaries by Ilya Somin

Vote With Your Feet: Foot Voting and Political Freedom

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Vote With Your Feet: Foot Voting and Political Freedom

November 7, 2020 09:00:27 am

The United States has just completed a historically divisive election. As I write, the winner of the presidential election is not yet definitively known, though it seems highly likely that Democratic candidate Joe Biden will ultimately prevail when all the votes are counted. Whatever the outcome, many millions of people will be deeply distressed at [...]

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