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McCamy Taylor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-05-04 11:41 AM
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2. The GOP's strategy has always included systematically...
...undercounting Democratic votes. In the old days of levers, a GOP poll watcher told me when she and her buddies spotted a likely Democrat entering a polling booth they would put a finger under the tally lever outside the booth so that the vote cast would not register. (She thought I was a Republican and she was sharing valuable advise with me). If you cant keep them from voting then keep their votes from counting. The best place to do this is in precincts which the GOP controls where it is easy to "accidently" forget to count a few Democratic votes here and there. Now, with electronic tabulation and central computers, Democratic precincts can be hacked too, turning the old nickle and dime GOP vote theft strategy into grand larceny--which is why Ken Blackwell tried to stop exit polls in Ohio on election day this year.
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