[EL] If elections can be rigged...

[Schultz, David A.]

I am simply make a point that if voter fraud or rigging does exit then both
parties can do it and neither has a monopoly on virtue or is guilt- free.
Assume men (and women) and political parties and elected officials are not
angels, then Republicans control more of the secretaries of state  in
critical swing states than do Democrats.  I certainly do not think you are
willing to take a holier than thou position and claim that Republicans are
not beyond rigging the vote if you think Democrats are also doing it.

I remember Thomas Hobbes once writing that we infer what others do or how
they act by generalizing from ourselves to others.    We question others'
motives and veracity based upon our  own.

On Tue, Oct 18, 2016 at 3:30 PM, Benjamin Barr <benjamin.barr at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Why do you suppose democratic operatives have bragged
> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDc8PVCvfKs> about having bussed people
> for 50 years to engage in voter fraud?
>
> Forward,
>
> Benjamin Barr
>
> On Tue, Oct 18, 2016 at 4:10 PM, Schultz, David A. <dschultz at hamline.edu>
> wrote:
>
>> If elections can be rigged, either party can do it.  The secretary of
>> state (or commonwealth) is the chief election officer in each state and
>> they would have the ability to manipulate the election system to the
>> benefit of their favored candidate.  Of the 50 states, 27 are Republican.
>> Among the 11 swing states that are Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Ohio, Nevada,
>> New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina,  Pennsylvania, Virginia, and
>> Wisconsin, only four, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and
>> Wisconsin, are controlled by Democrats.  Republicans control nearly
>> two-thirds of the secretaries of state in the critical swing states and
>> presumably would not have an incentive to rig the election in favor of
>> Clinton.
>>
>> --
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Editor, Journal of Public Affairs Education (JPAE)
Hamline University
Department of Political Science
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MS B 1805
St. Paul, Minnesota 55104
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http://works.bepress.com/david_schultz/
http://schultzstake.blogspot.com/
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