Karl Rove's big election-fraud hoax

Republican manipulation of the polls long predates the U.S. attorneys plot -- and the U.S. voting system needs an overhaul.

But the assault on voter fraud was a solution looking for a problem. As part of the Help America Vote Act, Republicans insisted on creating the Election Assistance Commission, which commissioned studies of the asserted problem. When the studies failed to turn up evidence of fraud nationwide, appointed Republican officials on the EAC insisted that the language say only that "there is a great deal of debate on the pervasiveness of fraud in elections" -- the ... Full Story »

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Mike LaBonte
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by Mike LaBonte - Oct. 1, 2008

A mix of supported and unsupported claims, although I don't see anything that is false. Well written, but more complete evidence might make it seem less like a hit job on Republicans.

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