Why partisan control of election process is wrong, part 9944

Apologies for mounting a personal hobby-horse again.

The websites Voter Fraud Clearinghouse (Democratic-leaning), and HobbsOnline (Republican-leaning) contain a wide selection of reportage on alleged voting fraud.

If even half the stories are true, it says a lot about the perversion of democratic governance that partisan office-holding covers in the US. Aside from the accusation-slinging, a good number of frauds and perceptions of fraud could be controlled by appointing an independent body to supervise elections.

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