No one ever doubted that in an election with fewer than 500 votes there is a realistic, though small, chance that one vote will be decisive.

       What seems more interesting about the article linked by Brad is that at last we have evidence of meaningful fraudulent voting at the polling place.  It seems fairly clear that the vote declared in the article to be decisive was cast by one who was neither registered nor eligible to vote in the election.

             Best,

             Daniel H. Lowenstein
             Director, Center for the Liberal Arts and Free Institutions (CLAFI)
             UCLA Law School
             405 Hilgard
             Los Angeles, California 90095-1476
             310-825-5148


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From: election-law-bounces@mailman.lls.edu [election-law-bounces@mailman.lls.edu] On Behalf Of Smith, Brad [BSmith@law.capital.edu]
Sent: Saturday, November 06, 2010 7:24 PM
To: Election Law
Subject: [EL] OK, so now and then one vote matters

http://www.timesdaily.com/article/20101103/NEWS/101109923/1011/NEWS?Title=Rogersville-alcohol-bid-loses-by-single-vote via Division of Labour. http://divisionoflabour.com/archives/007460.php


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