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Yes, the election has been 'rigged' ... but the rigging was done by the GOP

By Frank Vyan Walton
Thursday Oct 27, 2016 · 9:21 PM CST

Quite a lot of hay has been made about Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and his wild claims about voter fraud and the election system being “rigged” by dead illegal immigrant voters. [ http://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-stokes-fears-of-voter-fraud/ ]

“They even want to try to rig the election at the polling booths and believe me there’s a lot going on,” he told supporters at a rally in Green Bay, Wisconsin. “Do you ever hear these people? They say ‘there’s nothing going on.’ People that have died 10 years ago are still voting, illegal immigrants are voting -- I mean, where are the street smarts of some of these politicians?”

President Obama blasted him on this.
Obama Trashes Trump: 'No Way To Rig An Election In A Country This Big
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/obama-rebuffs-trump-rigged-election-rubio

“We’ve got to do it big. We’ve got to leave no doubt,” Obama told a rowdy crowd in Miami Gardens, Florida on Thursday. “Because you notice the Donald is already whining that the vote's going to be rigged before the game’s even over.”

Obama brought up Trump’s statement at a rally earlier Thursday that he would accept the election results “if I win,” countering, “There is no way to rig an election in a country this big.”

Now this is pretty easy to debunk because dead people can’t vote, because ... dead. Undocumented immigrants can’t vote because you have to be a citizen. What he’s talking about is fraudulent voters taking their spots, but the things is that this almost never happens, as comprehensive research has shown.
A comprehensive investigation of voter impersonation finds 31 credible incidents out of one billion ballots cast
[ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2014/08/06/a-comprehensive-investigation-of-voter-impersonation-finds-31-credible-incidents-out-of-one-billion-ballots-cast/ ]

So far, I’ve found about 31 different incidents (some of which involve multiple ballots) since 2000, anywhere in the country. If you want to check my work, you can read a comprehensive list of the incidents below.

To put this in perspective, the 31 incidents below come in the context of general, primary, special, and municipal elections from 2000 through 2014. In general and primary elections alone, more than 1 billion ballots were cast in that period.
[ http://www.fec.gov/general/library.shtml ]

But on the basis of the fear of 31 phantom zombie voters the GOP has implemented a massive wave of voter suppression across the nation that has limited and blocked access to the polls for millions of legitimate voters.
The GOP's Stealth War Against Voters
[ http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/features/the-gops-stealth-war-against-voters-w435890 ]

(Much more...)

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