Minnesota Republicans know how to make sure their online poll about immigration turns out their way.

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From http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2010/04/republicans_petty_and_stupid.php#comments">P. Z. Myers

It's apparently very important to (the Republican Party of Minnesota Senate District 42) that they preserve their illusion that their readers support their policies in every possible way.

So what did they do? Multiple resets of the poll, throwing out all of the votes — for a while, they were resetting it every 10 minutes. Attempts to lock the poll: they'd let votes accumulate for a few minutes from a fresh start, and as soon as their side showed a slight edge, freeze it there (some of the readers here discovered an alternate path to the polling service and worked their way around it). Rewriting the answers, first to remove the stereotypical language, then to reverse the sense of the answers (we were not fooled), and now…and now, look at what they've done:

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http://www.sd42gop.com/

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1. Getting practice for November!