Without reading the book, it seems to be focused almost entirely on
fraud in the casting of ballots, which my investigations indicate is
indeed rare, and neglects fraud in the counting of ballots, which my
investigations indicate is not at all rare. The original concerns about
vote fraud were about counting, beginning in modern times with the book
Votescam
by James and Kenneth Collier, and brought to public attention with the
hanging chads of the 2000 Florida counting crisis. Of course before
that were allegations of ballot stuffing in places like Duval County,
Texas, but it would seem that by 1970 or so those who sought to steal
elections found it was easier and safer to do so at the counting stage
than at the casting stage.
Of course, many people would like voters to pass a test that would
exclude everyone except their fellow partisans, and perhaps everyone
except themselves. Imagine if every voter were required to accurately
recite key facts about every candidate on the ballot, his or her
positions on the issues, and the constitutional constraints on those
positions. Think of all the money we could save if only one person
could qualify to vote under such a system.
-- Jon
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