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Land Shark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-15-06 01:07 AM
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115. yes thanks, but all posts that are of the following form are not well taken:
Form: Don't worry about this vulnerability, worry about these other, more likely vulnerabilities.

The "fraud pressure" will always move to where it's not defended or least well defended. The "fraud pressure" typically comes from multiple sources and angles because a lot of people have a lot at stake in elections.

yes, gerrymandering has an effect.
yes, suppression has an effect.
yes, voter registration list purging has an effect.
no, it doesn't mean that concerns about rigging are overblown or needless, if anything it reinforces the temptation to use the rigging/hacking option.

Multiple causation is the most common thing, in life, in nature, in elections, pretty much everywhere. It makes it harder to get our minds around, but that's how it is anyway.
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