What They Did Last Fall - Krugman

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<By running for the U.S. Senate, Katherine Harris, Florida's former
secretary of state, has stirred up some ugly memories. And that's a
good thing, because those memories remain relevant. There was at
least as much electoral malfeasance in 2004 as there was in 2000,
even if it didn't change the outcome. And the next election may be
worse.

August 19, 2005
What They Did Last Fall
By PAUL KRUGMAN

In his recent book "Steal This Vote" - a very judicious work, despite
its title - Andrew Gumbel, a U.S. correspondent for the British
newspaper The Independent, provides the best overview I've seen of
the 2000 Florida vote. And he documents the simple truth: "Al Gore
won the 2000 presidential election."

Two different news media consortiums reviewed Florida's ballots; both
found that a full manual recount would have given the election to Mr.
Gore. This was true despite a host of efforts by state and local
officials to suppress likely Gore votes, most notably Ms.
Harris's "felon purge," which disenfranchised large numbers of valid
voters.

But few Americans have heard these facts. Perhaps journalists have
felt that it would be divisive to cast doubt on the Bush
administration's legitimacy. If so, their tender concern for the
nation's feelings has gone for naught: Cindy Sheehan's supporters are
camped in Crawford, and America is more bitterly divided than ever.

Meanwhile, the whitewash of what happened in Florida in 2000 showed
that election-tampering carries no penalty, and political operatives
have acted accordingly. For example, in 2002 the Republican Party in
New Hampshire hired a company to jam Democratic and union phone banks
on Election Day.

And what about 2004?>

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