Ethics

More of That "Rampant" Voter Fraud

By Ed Brayton

The Cincinnati Enquirer reports on a study of the votes in Ohio in 2002 and 2004 that found that, despite cries of "rampant" voter fraud by the GOP, it was almost non-existent:

Four days before the 2004 election, former Ohio House Speaker Jo Ann Davidson warmed up Republicans for President Bush's visit to Nationwide Arena by warning the crowd of 20,000 that people had registered to vote as "Dick Tracy" and "Mary Poppins."

Did Tracy or Poppins show up to vote on Election Day? No.

Here's the study results:

Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on November 04, 2008 (boomark / email).