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For a better-informed citizenry, pause for some fact checking during debates
Democracy depends on a well-informed voting public. This concept is foundational to our democracy. In the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson insisted that a democratic government derives its “just powers from the consent of the governed.” Consistent with that view, George Washington’s Farewell Address urged the new nation to create and nurture “institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge” in ways that would secure an “enlightened” public. The Supreme Court has provided a constitutional dimension to the concept, recognizing that “[i]n a Republic, where the people are sovereign, the ability of the citizenry to make informed choices among candidates for office is essen

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