Fear of Election Fraud
/It's election night, and early returns suggest trouble
for the incumbent. Then, mysteriously, the vote count stops and
observers from the challenger's campaign see employees of a
voting-machine company, one wearing a badge that identifies him as a
county official, typing instructions at computers with access to the
vote-tabulating software. When the count resumes, the incumbent pulls
ahead. The challenger demands an investigation. But there are no
ballots to recount, and election officials allied with the incumbent
refuse to release data that could shed light on whether there was
tampering with the electronic records. [more]
