How McCain Could Win

TruthOut by Greg Palast | Nov. 3, 2008 (Opinion)

It's November 5 and the nation is in shock. Media blame it on the "Bradley effect": Americans supposedly turned into Klansmen inside the voting booth, and Barack Obama turned up with 6 million votes less than calculated from the exit polls. Florida came in for McCain and so did Indiana. Colorado, despite the Democrats' Rocky Mountain high after the Denver convention, stayed surprisingly Red. New Mexico, a state where Anglos are a minority, went McCain by ... Full Story »

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Fabrice Florin
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 by Fabrice Florin - Nov. 3, 2008

Liberal journalist Greg Palast makes some very strong allegations in this opinion piece. Some are backed with factual evidence, some are not. While there clearly have been some cases of voter fraud in the past, I think that he exaggerates the real threat in this case by suggesting that the right-wing conspiracy will steal another 6 million votes in this election. Regrettably, this type of alarmist, sensational journalism doesn't help citizens make informed decisions -- even if some of the assertions prove to be right.

Here’s an ugly little secret about American democracy: We don’t count all the votes. In 2004, based on the data from the US Elections Assistance Commission, 3,006,080 votes were not counted: “spoiled,” unreadable and blank ballots; “provisional” ballots rejected; mail-in ballots disqualified.

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