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In reply to the discussion: Every Democrat should be concerned about what Republicans and Paxton did in Texas last night [View all]justsomeguy01
(47 posts)This is not the first time.
2 prominent examples : Ohio 2004 Presidential election - 300,000 provisional ballots never adjudicated nor tabulated. Florida 2000. May Ken Blackwell and Katherine Harris be forever shunned & scorned.
Our electoral system has long had many problems.
Focusing on "voter fraud" (quite rare) rather than electoral fraud & manipulation is just one of the many problems.
Access, poll location purposeful mis-allocation, biased voter roll purge techniques, voting when people can't get away from their 2 jobs (or afford the bus fare & transfers), lack of universal mail-in/drop-off ballots, the defacto 2 party system, the influence of money & media as propaganda tools, etc
Yes - Paxton & company are evil. But they are not doing anything new.