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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Julian Friedland
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by Julian Friedland - Oct. 1, 2008

Yup. Very important subject well-presented. It's opinion. But very well defended, and not very controversial. It underlies the corruption that Attorney General Gonzales is embroiled in. The better alternative news services have been reporting this for some time. And David, your logic does not make sense. You can still have a decent turnout (though it was less than 60% as I recall) and have this trend still hold up. It's not like Bush was elected by a landslide. Indeed, his success may be partly attributable to voter suppression.

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