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It is amazing how the Republicans framed vote manipulation through the ACORN registration “scandal”. When the average American sees this story do they then think, “yes, but the Democrats do this too.”

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A precautionary tale for election ‘08. . .

Can the Republicans Steal This Election?

Ohio and Florida are both must wins for McCain.  That being said expect massive voter suppression efforts in both of these states.  Republicans may not be good at running the government but they are experts at killing unwanted votes.  . .

The real question is will their voter suppression efforts be enough to steal the election?  The answer is no in the presidential election.  As of right now they may be able to tighten or steal the Florida vote, but Obama is too far ahead in Ohio for them to kill the vote there and win. And even if McCain takes these must win states there are others that he would still need to win, but that Obama is likely to take.

Vote killing would be more effective in tight senate and house races.  If the Republicans pulled there normal machiavellian tricks in Alaska, Minnesota, Virgina, Colorado, New Mexico or Oregon this year, then any one of the tight Senate races could go the other way.  This will be the real story this election.  Any one stolen Senate seat could significantly alter or even kill major legislation like health-care reform in the Senate.

They have managed (with a lot of help from fox) to turn the public’s attention to ACORN’s registration fraud story.  They are going to use this story to justify monitoring voters in close races.  Of course they will send representatives to poor areas that vote for Democrats and try to create massive delays in the voting process.  Below are links to articles that lay out the various ways that voters are being disenfranchised in 2008. . .

Links to more stories about vote stealing:

• Seven Things That Could Go Wrong on Election Day
  (Time Magazine, Michael Scherer, 10/24/08)
• Big Setback for Voter Suppression Efforts in Swing States
  (Alternet, Steven Rosenfeld, 10/23/08)
• Sorry, I Can’t Find Your Name
  (New York Times, Editorial, 10/23/08)
• Our View on Clean Elections
  (USA Today, Editorial, 10/22/08)
• Restore Trust in Voter Rolls
  (Christian Science Monitor, Editorial, 10/22/08)
• Stumper’s Handy Voting Problem Primer
  (Newsweek’s ‘Stumper’ Blog, Sarah Kliff, 10/21/08)
• Voter Registration Lawsuit is Dropped
  (Columbus Dispatch, Mark Niquette, 10/21/08)
• Voter Registration Flashpoints
  (The Nation, Katrina vanden Heuvel, 10/20/08)