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[[Category:Issues]]There have been repeated claims of election-rigging via defective voting machines in recent US elections, most notably the [[wikipedia:United States presidential election, 2000|2000 presidential election]] in which [[George W. Bush]] was elected by a narrow margin (271/538, 50.3%) and the [[wikipedia:United States presidential election, 2004|2004 presidential election]] in which he was re-elected by somewhat less narrow margin (286/538, 53.2%).
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* '''2006-02-23''' [http://www.bbvforums.org/cgi-bin/forums/board-auth.cgi?file=/1954/19421.html votes were time-stamped 2 weeks before the election date] ([http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/02/24/1326217 2006-02-24 slashdot])
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==About==
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There has been repeated evidence of [[election fraud]] in recent US presidential elections.
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In the [[2000 US presidential election]], [[George W. Bush]] was officially elected by a narrow margin (271/538, 50.3%). According to many claims, he would have been the clear loser had the votes been counted correctly.
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There were also widespread allegations of fraud in the [[2004 US elections]], though it is less clear what the results should have been.
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==Related Pages==
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===Elections===
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* '''2008''': [[US/president/elec/2008|2008 US presidential election]]
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* '''2006''': [[US/elec/2006|2006 US elections]]: No known reports of fraud
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* '''2004''': [[US/president/elec/2004|2004 US presidential election]]: Widespread fraud alleged, upshot unclear
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* '''2000''': [[US/president/elec/2000|2000 US presidential election]]
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About

There has been repeated evidence of election fraud in recent US presidential elections.

In the 2000 US presidential election, George W. Bush was officially elected by a narrow margin (271/538, 50.3%). According to many claims, he would have been the clear loser had the votes been counted correctly.

There were also widespread allegations of fraud in the 2004 US elections, though it is less clear what the results should have been.

Related Pages

Elections