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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Terry Hinshaw
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by Terry Hinshaw - Oct. 1, 2008

As a work of fiction, this piece by Mr. Epps is perhaps of passing interest. It recites any number of anecdotical stories about nasty conservatives who exaggerate instances of "voter fraud" in order to enhance their political base. Of course, it conveniently fails to note the literally dozens of instances of voter fraud brought to a conclusion by the appropriate legal authorities, including numerous such instances by the infamous oragnization, ACORN.

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