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Election Reform

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3. And now a decision that it's OK to use federal funds

Sun Aug 30, 2015, 10:44 AM

Aug 2015

to root out "voter fraud," in the case in IA hundreds of thousands of dollars and the result? They found about 10 people who may have fraudulently voted. And the state deserves to be able to use federal money to do this.

Yet it's evidently fine to pass laws against voter fraud that disenfranchise tens of thousands of voters?? And at the same time spend nothing to insure that the vote is fair, i.e., to VERIFY THE VOTE???

Something's not right here. Here's the latest stupidity to come from our courts:

https://webmail.east.cox.net/do/redirect?url=http%253A%252F%252Fthevotingnews.us2.list-manage.com%252Ftrack%252Fclick%253Fu%253D9ac28bcf45e3568f411d495eb%2526id%253Dd86e93940b%2526e%253D656e9b074d

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FAQ about Exit Polling And Why John Kerry Won In 2004 [View all] mylye2222 Aug 2015 OP

Exit polls seemed to be quite reliable before computer voting. nt stillwaiting Aug 2015 #1

If nothing is done about this newfie11 Aug 2015 #2

And now a decision that it's OK to use federal funds Stevepol Aug 2015 #3

The exit polls that year were poorly executed bluestateguy Aug 2015 #4

Don't forget this qualifier though. Stevepol Sep 2015 #5