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Dispatches from the Polling Place

After spending time in American during the height of election fever, Paul Wheeler explores some of the stranger traditions of the US voting system

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By Paul Wheeler | 23 November 2016

George Bernard Shaw used to say Britain and America were two countries separated by a common language.

After spending two weeks in the US preceding the presidential election, I think I know what he means.

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Paul Wheeler

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