obsidianwings.blogs.com - 11/1/2008
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by hilzoy
Rick Hasen on the various charges of voter registration fraud and voter suppression:
"The solution is to take the job of voter registration for federal elections out of the hands of third parties (and out of the hands of the counties and states) and give it to the federal ...
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The Sideshow —
... So it is with some distress that I learn Hilzoy herself is helping the wingers by treating the registration fraud story so seriously at a time when we have real election fraud to worry about. (I'm suspicious of anything in Slate anyway unless it's Dahlia Lithwick. If it's in Slate, ask yourself, "Why would center-rightists be talking about this?") Always remember: Proposals that make it more difficult for any citizen to vote are not there to prevent fraud, they are there to prevent legitimate voters from voting. That is their only reason to exist. There ...
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