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jp11

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4. I don't think we've ever had anything I'd call free and fair elections

Reply to Jack Rabbit (Original post)

Sun Nov 4, 2012, 02:31 PM

Nov 2012

in our history from the birth of the electoral college to voter fraud when it actually occurred to denying people their rights to vote to not counting all votes to not even having machines that are properly audited and proven to be tamper proof as much as technology allows to not keeping proper records of votes from those machines or even paper ballots per the law to disenfranchising voters by purging the roster to imposing new forms of poll taxes etc.

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The Republicans have not won a free and fair presidential election since 1988 [View all] Jack Rabbit Nov 2012 OP

I disagree, the 1988 election was not fair. theoldman Nov 2012 #1

No, I haven't. I just don't think that was enough to turn the election. Jack Rabbit Nov 2012 #3

Mike Dukakis was a gentlemen rbrnmw Nov 2012 #5

Indeed, he was a gentleman Jack Rabbit Nov 2012 #7

Just considering FL in 00 and OH in 04 Gman Nov 2012 #2

I don't think we've ever had anything I'd call free and fair elections jp11 Nov 2012 #4

If they believed that they really were legitimate wins ... zbdent Nov 2012 #6