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The ‘None of the Above’ Primary

ON SUPER TUESDAY, as this issue went to press, voters in 15 states and one territory went to the polls and grudgingly validated the inevitable. America is in for another presidential election pitting Donald Trump against Joe Biden.

The following morning, Nikki Haley—Trump’s one serious remaining Republican primary competitor—dropped out. But the real Super Tuesday runner-up is still in the race: “None of the above” made a surprisingly strong showing.

Nevada in the 1970s was the birthplace of many excellent ideas, and electoral reforms were no exception. The state’s “none of these candidates” option was introduced in 1976, and it

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