Reply #31: Those 57k complaints

[Igel]

included all kinds of things: light bulbs burned out, lines too long, precinct chairman quitting, machines jammed, somebody complaining his/her name isn't in the poll book. Long lines = crankier people = more complaints. You keep an incident log and you usually put *everything* in it, CYA.

I have no doubt that intimidation occurred; but I've heard accounts in which somebody said he or she was intimidated ... by the person just standing there. This leads me to think of the numbers as a big spongy.

The problem with "fraud" is the same as with "lying": one post I read the first few days I was reading DU had one DUer defending himself: "Don't accuse me of lying." The response: "I didn't, I think you have the facts wrong." Point: lying (and fraud) involves intent. *Proving* intent is a bitch. Imputing malicious intent to the "Other" is easy.