The 2020 presidential elections were not entirely free due to a large-scale participation, facilitated by the adoption of mail-in voting in the aftermath the coronavirus pandemic, of persuadable voters who would either refrain from in-person voting if it were the only venue allowed, or would have voted differently if their choices weren't influenced by biased or false information that they were fed by social and mass media as well as educational institutions. As a result, it was the media and educational institutions, and not the American electorate alone, who co-decided the 2020 presidential elections. This conclusion demonstrates irrationality and harmfulness of the popular mantra that any increase of voter turnout regardless of the level of rationality and interest of the extra voters is necessarily beneficial for democracy and the society that professes it. The elections comprise of three major components: the voting, the counting of the votes, including collection of...(Read Full Article)