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Election Reform

Scuba

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2. A small state with only a million votes cast would need 10,000 impersonators to move the results 1%.

Reply to Gothmog (Original post)

Sat May 10, 2014, 03:54 PM

May 2014

Ten thousand impersonators, going up to local poll workers who know their neighbors, and pretending to be someone they are not. Ten thousand. To change results just 1%.

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Iowa’s Republican Secretary of State Just Proved That Voter ID Laws Are Unnecessary [View all] Gothmog May 2014 OP

Oldest trick in the book ... GeorgeGist May 2014 #1

A small state with only a million votes cast would need 10,000 impersonators to move the results 1%. Scuba May 2014 #2

IF they want to see an organized effort to affect elections look no further than FL, OH, AZ, or Vincardog May 2014 #3