THE VOTE FRAUD FRAUD: THE COVER-UP.

THE VOTE FRAUD FRAUD: THE COVER-UP. Via Marcy Wheeler, Tova Andrea Wang, a member of the Election Assistance Commission, explains how the report was whitewashed:

We said that our preliminary research found widespread agreement among administrators, academics and election experts from all points on the political spectrum that allegations of fraud through voter impersonation at polling places were greatly exaggerated. We noted that this position was supported by existing research and an analysis of several years of news articles. The commission chose instead to state that the issue was a matter of considerable debate. And while we found that problems of voter intimidation were still prevalent in a variety of forms, the commission excluded much of the discussion of voter intimidation.We also raised questions about the way the Justice Department was handling complaints of fraud and intimidation. The commission excised all references to the department that might be construed as critical -- or that Justice officials later took issue with. And all of the suggestions we received from political scientists and other scholars regarding methodologies for a more scientifically rigorous look at these problems were omitted.

Of course. Republican interest in vote "reform" pretty much begins and ends with using greatly exaggerated or entirely bogus claims of vote fraud to suppress the vote. --Scott Lemieux