Backtalk: “When you abstain from voting, or misuse your duty as a citizen to cast a protest vote, you are wounding your fellow citizens”
by Indy Week
Indy Week— And other things our readers told us this week.
The Hindu—First-timers, senior citizens cast votes with pride in Chalakudy. “Is Aadhaar card enough as an identify proof for voting,” asked an enthusiastic Josekutty as he stood in the line leading to booth no. 37 at...
The Washington Times—Trump calls RFK Jr. a 'Democrat plant,' says voting for him is a 'wasted protest vote'. Former President Donald Trump accused Robert F. Kennedy Jr. of being a “Democrat plant” in a tirade against the independent presidential candidate.
NBC News—Pennsylvania brings protest votes to center stage. Beneath the surface of Pennsylvania’s mostly sleepy, boring, low-turnout primary Tuesday was a trend that has stalked Joe Biden and Donald Trump across the country over the past month: a substantial protest vote. This time, though, the candidate who drew more attention for the protest he faced was not the current president but the former one. Trump got about 36,000 more protest votes than Biden, even though Biden faced an organized protest campaign from left-wing critics of his policy on Israel...