Election Reform

Certainly, if someone knew in advance that they could alter the outcome of the 2000 election by stealing under 1000 votes in Florida, they might be better off taking their chances with that than stealing votes all over the country. But since one wouldn't know that in advance -- and one might not be well connected in whatever state(s) turn out to be crucial -- one might prefer to steal the votes wherever one can get them. That might tend to be in the highly partisan states rather than the battleground states. Or the opportunities for mayhem might have little to do with partisanship and a lot to do with the technology.

Georgia votes on paperless touchscreens. Lots of people will tell you they were hacked in 2002; I don't see much evidence of it. But, frankly, those systems don't produce much evidence of anything. Shouldn't we fix that -- among other things -- before we implement a national popular vote? Georgia alone has about 4 million voters. You may think it would be crazy hard to steal half a million votes or more nationwide, but how sure are you?