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Ethical Issues in Election Management

The Iranian election fiasco reminds us that all democracies have operational problems in managing fault-free elections.  Not to equate our problems with what appears to be massive and systematic fraud on the part of the Iranian government, but we all remember Florida in 2000 and Ohio in 2004 and Minnesota in 2008.  Here  in the US, voter fraud and voter suppression constitute major ethical (and legal) problems for political managers who will cross the line in an all-out effort to win at the polls. 

The result of their actions systematically undercuts the essential legitimacy of our political institutions.  Republicans firmly believe there is rampant voter fraud, as John Fund argues in Stealing Elections.  Democrats charge that the "ballot integrity" efforts are nothing short of organized efforts to suppress turnout among loyal Democratic constituencies. 

Now, along come two important voices from both sides of the aisle: Trevor Potter and Bob Bauer, who each served respectively as general counsel to the McCain and Obama campaigns.   They argue that a critical step in resolving these problems can be made by advancing the voter registration process out of the 19th century into the modern world.  Eliminating paper registration will do much to calm the partisan differences over who is entitled to vote.  In adopting their recommendation, we would also be reducing the incentives for political managers to cross over ethical boundaries.

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written by Mark Ritchie, June 28, 2009
I am curious to know what fraud you are referring to in the 2008 election in Minnesota?
Thanks, Mark Ritchie
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written by Chris Arterton, June 29, 2009
Not fraud, but problems in counting votes, deciding which should be allowed etc.
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I am curious to know what fraud you are referring to in the 2008 election in Minnesota?
Thanks, Mark Ritchie

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