10/20 Colombus, OH: Cty. Dem Party Chair's predicts Repub fraud

[kuozzman]

"I think Republicans are attempting to justify what they intend to do on Election Day by raising questions of voter fraud and overplaying this," he said.

Tim Burke, chairman of the Hamilton County Democratic Party and the county elections board, said an updated number of cards returned is 5,808 out of 150,000 mailed not only to new voters, but also to those changing addresses, for a return rate of less than 4 percent.

Burke said fraud makes up a small percentage of the hundreds of thousands of newly registered voters in Ohio.

http://www.cincinnati.com/text/local/2004/10/20/loc_fraud20.html

[roseBudd]

1. The differences in postal return rates are urban vs suburban

You have apartment buildings in urban areas with no names on mail boxes and frequent changes of address among low income people.