Reply #: That's an easy one

[BeFree]

Back when dems did get elected the vote was counted and tabulated either by humans or on machines that were easily understood by just about any human.

Since the mid 80's an increasing number of votes were handled by machines that only a select few could understand or operate. After 2000 the repukes in congress dished out billions of dollars to increase the number of those machines and indeed, over 80% of the vote in 2004 was counted by those machines owned and operated by a select few private corporations that wholeheartedly support republican politicians.

See, I told you it was easy.