The Election, Part 2: Fraud, Intimidation, and Suppression

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http://www.dailykos.com/story/2004/12/22/143719/67

by Hunter
Wed Dec 22nd, 2004 at 11:37:19 PST


The last few weeks have brought an ever-expanding list of assertions about what did or did not happen in Ohio during this election cycle; by my count, there are at least six different interconnected conspiracies being floated. My last post hemmed and hawed about why caution was necessary in directly promoting any such theories. This time, I'll cut to the chase.

Was there fraud, in this election, in Ohio?

Yes. Absolutely.

When you filter out the unproven, the half-proven, and the sheer nonsense among the various assertions, there is still a core there which is unambiguous, which is serious, and which is Fraud. Specifically, it has been established at this point that there were, in the battleground states, organized and deliberate voter suppression efforts, many of which relied on the deception of voters in order to render their votes either invalid or uncastable.