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dbleagl, absentee votes is another potential fraud area, and in a very close election could be crucial. The necessity for many, and
the convenience for others pretty much assures, absentee voting is here to stay, though the mechanisms about them could change.

That's my guess, anyway.

Any very, very close vote electoral fraud could well could determine a winner,
and it could come from the absentee vote. Just so that we are all aware of that.

What are there? .. something around 6000 absentee votes in the Kloppenburg/Prosser election? No, i'm not suggesting anything specific.

The above observation, lol, for what it's worth was prompted by .. The demise of Australia’s secret ballot
.. http://www.nationalobserver.net/2011/84-4-demise-of-secret-ballot-mcgrath.htm ..
which, as it applies directly to your system, too, all could find interesting.

It's a relatively short, and easy read. Oh might as well leave this too, it means nothing now, just haven't seen the mention here ..

Wisconsin Republican County Clerk Sent Out Pre Marked Ballots

"Back in 2005, Ms. Nickolaus was found to have sent out “sample ballots” to
the voters. The problem was these ballots were already marked for a specific candidate."

As reported by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel,

"Sample ballots printed for Waukesha County executive special election give voted unintended
advice: who to vote for. Published in several newspapers this week (October 14th,2005) sample ballots
promoting Tuesday’s contest between James Dwyer and Dan Vrakas include a mark signaling a vote for Dwyer.

The red-faced county clerk Kathy Nickolaus said, the gaffe occurred when her office sent some newspapers the same sample ballots that had been marked to test the voting machines. “It was human error” she said…. The tainted sample ballots are being published in newspapers in Brookfield, Menomonee Falls, Mukwanago and Sussex. Along with both candidates’ names and detailed instruction on how to complete a ballot, there it is — a hand drawn solid line designating a vote for Dwyer."

"This woman is obviously very prone to human error, that is the same, lame excuse she used for this current gaffe."

April 8, 2011 By Ray Medeiros http://www.politicususa.com/en/wisconsin-marked-ballots
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x856789#856819