MEMO To: Acting U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Elaine Duke and Attorney General Jeff Sessions From: The Golden (and Still Sovereign!) State Re: An alternative
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In the constant and fruitless search for fraud in American elections, one focus has been on the question of whether some Americans are voting in