To the HARPER’S editors:

Kudos to HARPER’S magazine EASY CHAIR’s Rebecca Solnit (March 2017 – “Tyranny of the Minority”) for her insightful framing of democracy’s history and voter fraud from the right. We’d offer two additional insights from the Green Mountains of Vermont. The first? Your readers may wish to explore the 108 page “Democracy Lost: A Report On The Fatally Flawed 2016 Democratic Primaries” by Election Justice USA detailing how the 2016 Clinton presidential campaign and the DNC “gamed” the Democratic primaries in a closely fought Clinton/Sanders contest – turns out election fraud may be a bipartisan affair. Second, in my small town here in central Vermont, citizens cast all votes – local, state, and national – with what is called a “pen” and a “paper ballot,” and our pen/paper votes are stored in a locked box and then counted by elected local officials in full public view on election night for anyone who wishes to attend. Sounds quaint? Perhaps, but this “quaint” approach may be the most foolproof way to ensure 21st century election integrity in an Age of the Algorithmic Machine.

Sincerely,

Rob Williams; Publisher; The Vermont Independent