Vote fraud

The amount of vote rigging and other frauds connected with elections in the US is not all that bad.  Over the years, I have noticed that when there is a really close vote, and recalls are done, that the party that controls the election bureaucracy almost always wins.

It is hard to be too upset about this, although it is plainly wrong.  The thing is both parties do it and it only happens in tight races where a coin flip would work as well as all the recounts and so on (there is an inevitable built-in error).

One thing I find disgusting is the Republican tendency to always try to make it difficult for the poor and minorities to vote, using the lie of vote fraud as their excuse.  To be sure a few people who aren't qualified probably get through, but this is far less a harm to society than denying valid voters their right.  Elections are the American way of cleaning house, and it is far better to give people this outlet than to force them to resort to violence.