Editorial from Boston Globe Supports Ballot Reform

[JoMama49]

GLOBE EDITORIAL (Boston Globe)

http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/editorials/articles/2005/01/07/ballot_box_basics/
Ballot box basics

January 7, 2005

POLITICS OUTWEIGHED policy in yesterday's congressional debate on voting irregularities in the presidential election. But those who objected to the partisanship will serve themselves and the nation better if they stop scrapping and take the steps needed -- some of them obvious -- to fix the problems.

Republicans claimed that Democrats took the unusual step of challenging the certification of President Bush's victory in the Electoral College merely to give themselves a soapbox, and they are right. Many Democrats who debated heartily ended up voting to certify all 286 of Bush's votes -- even those from disputed Ohio.

Still, it was a worthwhile move because the November elections showed that much more needs to be done to give American voters confidence that the electoral process is sound.

It is true, as some in the GOP said, that many voting problems are the fault of state and local officials. But this is all the more reason for Congress to go back to work and improve the Help America Vote Act of 2002.

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[icehenge]

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[DearAbby]

2. Healthy Kick

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[HomerRamone]

3. But how can they be so stupid?

"Bush was the clear victor".

The size of a supposed margin of victory doesn't have anything to do with its validity. This is a close relative of "if we turn out enough voters, it will overcome any possible vote theft". That damn-the-torpedoes thinking got us where we are today.

It is no harder to steal a few million electronic votes than it is to steal just one. I'm so tired of this idiocy...

[GreenPartyVoter]

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[JoMama49]

5. Yes, but at least we did get some coverage here n/t

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