Election Reform
I’m terribly frustrated in having to give Kit Bond credit again. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch does a story on the his motivations and path to reform. Though very bitter, he turned from that into a fairly strong (though inadequate–not his fault) bill on voting reform. Once he, ahem, sobered up to reality, he made a bill that cracked down on potential fraud and made it easier and more reliable to vote.
What is interesting about the 2000 election is that it looks like very votes were actually illegal–like less than 50 if that. Now 50 votes is a problem, but not a crisis. What appears to have pushed the fraudulent registrations is a pay per registration incentive system. This appears to be the same problem in South Dakota currently. Democrats should devise a check on such perverse incentives before such charges begin to stick. Regardless of who is doing it, false registrations make them look bad. Conversely, if Democrats fix the problem, Republicans look really bad if they attempt to disenfranchise people.
(double post to both sites)