Watching for election fraud« Thread Started on Oct 30, 2006, 11:43pm » --------------------------------------------------------------------------------October 30, 2006Watching for election fraudread at source: http://www.worldmagblog.com/blog/archiv ... htmlMaking voting easier for some individuals can make determining the winner much harder. John Fund shows that the increase in absentee ballot-casting creates enormous opportunities for fraud: "Party operatives 'tend to target people who are elderly, infirm, low-income, non-English-speaking,' says Jeffrey Garfield, executive director of Connecticut's Election Enforcement Commission. He notes that absentee ballot fraud has been a persistent problem in his state for years and in Hartford alone has resulted in the arrest of at least eight city politicians, including a state representative who pleaded guilty last year to inducing elderly residents of a housing complex to vote for him."