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US Attorneys: Voter-Fraud Complaints & Dismissals

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The Washington Post: Voter-Fraud Complaints by GOP Drove Dismissals
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/051407K.shtml

Nearly half of the US attorneys slated for removal by the administration last year were targets of Republican complaints that they were lax on voter fraud, including efforts by Presidential Adviser Karl Rove to encourage more prosecutions of election-law violations, according to new documents and interviews. Democrats point out that such fraud is rare and that GOP efforts are designed to suppress legitimate votes by minorities, the elderly and recent immigrants, all of whom are likely to support Democratic candidates.

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