Every vote may not count on election day

“The incidence of election fraud is minimal across the 50 states and rarely affects election outcomes,” notes a report by the nonprofit group Demos entitled “Securing the Vote.” “The disenfranchisement of voters through antiquated voting systems, system error, and improper management of registration databases, as occurred in Florida in the 2000 election, is a far bigger problem than traditional forms of election fraud.” Full Story »

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by Mike LaBonte - Oct. 25, 2008

This is yet another analysis concluding that voter disenfranchisement is an orders of magnitude bigger problem than voter fraud. Unfortunately it is light on numbers. It does give sources for most claims, but I would like to see more balance there.Overall it catalogs the related issues quite neatly, and forms a great overview.

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