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diff --git a/tests/misc.tokenizer/en.txt b/tests/misc.tokenizer/en.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3b63012 --- /dev/null +++ b/tests/misc.tokenizer/en.txt @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +A Republican strategy to counter the re-election of Obama +Republican leaders justified their policy by the need to combat electoral fraud. +However, the Brennan Centre considers this a myth, stating that electoral fraud is rarer in the United States than the number of people killed by lightning. +Indeed, Republican lawyers identified only 300 cases of electoral fraud in the United States in a decade. +One thing is certain: these new provisions will have a negative impact on voter turn-out. +In this sense, the measures will partially undermine the American democratic system. +Unlike in Canada, the American States are responsible for the organisation of federal elections in the United States. +It is in this spirit that a majority of American governments have passed new laws since 2009 making the registration or voting process more difficult. +This phenomenon gained momentum following the November 2010 elections, which saw 675 new Republican representatives added in 26 States. +As a result, 180 bills restricting the exercise of the right to vote in 41 States were introduced in 2011 alone. |