With polls showing Kerry beating Bush nationally and, more importantly, leading in many of the battleground states that were supposed to favor Bush, we're commonly seeing electoral projections based upon current data of Kerry winning with 327 electoral votes. These projections, and the general good news for Kerry, have led some to crow about an impending landslide, some to warn about the dangers of triumphalism, and still others to fret that Bushco will find a way to steal the election.
We all know the dangers presented by paperless voting machines, and many of us fear the effects of a suspiciously-timed terrorist attack or warning. I want to focus on the dangers presented by attempts to remove registered voters from voting rolls or to prevent them from voting. More specifically, I want to initiate a discussion about what we--and others--can do to discover, prevent, and/or undo these attempts.
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