61. Seshan did not meet any representatives of the militant groups, which have proclaimed their opposition to any elections and have pledged to block the election process. 62. So the onus placed on the election process is very great. 63. South Korea, an emerging industrial power, has had less than a decade of democracy and its election processes are still somewhat rough around the edges. 64. Such limits, the court said, were justified in that they helped safeguard the integrity of the election process, or at least prevented the appearance of corruption. 65. The board botched the handling of the vote count, and in doing so it disgraced itself and seriously undermined the integrity of the election process. 66. The consent of the governed given freely in an election process whose integrity is beyond question is the living heart of our democracy. 67. The election process was criticized by monitors from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. 68. The election process should have gone forward to its inevitable end. 69. The first question is whether protection of the election process justifies limitations upon speech that cannot constitutionally be imposed generally. 70. The Federal Election Commission argues that limits on party contributions, like those from political action committees, prevent the appearance of money corrupting the election process. |
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