How to Have (Almost) Fraud-Proof Elections

So simple and so time-tested that you have to wonder why anyone would oppose it.

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by Rod D. Martin
October 22, 2016

Donald Trump just made voter fraud a bigger issue than any time since Al Gore threw the country into turmoil over the 2000 election.

Trump said he'd "wait and see" whether he accepted the outcome without a challenge. Instantly, the Democrat-NeverTrump Axis kicked into outrage mode at this. Yet the lot of them should frankly be ashamed. From 16 years of charges that George W. Bush's election was fraudulent (it wasn't), to Al Franken, Dino Rossi, Sharron Angle, Woody Jenkins and about a thousand other recent contested elections -- with charges from both sides, from exactly these same people -- the idea that any candidate should ever pre-concede an outcome is ridiculous.

In fact, in almost half the states, if the election is close enough, a recount is mandatory. But Trump is supposed to just sign-off in advance or he's "threatening democracy"? Yeah. Sure.

And Trump certainly has reaso…