It is remarkable how little Congress has done to stop all this.A good bill that addresses some of the problems -- the Deceptive Practices and Voter Intimidation Prevention Act,sponsored by Obama,Schumer & others""has been limping along,though there is hope it could come to a Senate vote this month.Mr. Raymond is the rare case of a political operative who actually did jail time for dirty tricks.Congress needs to toughen the laws |
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Joan Brunwasser is a co-founder of Citizens for Election Reform (CER) which since 2005 existed for the sole purpose of raising the public awareness of the critical need for election reform. Our goal: to restore fair, accurate, transparent, secure elections where votes are cast in private and counted in public. Because the problems with electronic (computerized) voting systems include a lack of (more...)