No story yet, just a teaser on Drudge about voter fraud....here's the teaser...

[LiberalHeart]

PANEL ALTERED A DRAFT REPORT ON VOTE FRAUD: A federal panel responsible for conducting election research watered down the findings of experts who concluded last year that there was little voter fraud around the nation... Developing...

[BuyingThyme]

1. How do you water something like that down?

...down something like that?

[deminks]

2. Must be about this

U.S. Panel Is Said to Alter Finding on Voter fraud

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/11/washington/11voters.html?adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1176259229-vy1kF2ssfiwP9OOjhO94Lw

WASHINGTON, April 10 — A federal panel responsible for conducting election research played down the findings of experts who concluded last year that there was little voter fraud around the nation, according to a review of the original report obtained by The New York Times.

Instead, the panel, the Election Assistance Commission, issued a report that said the pervasiveness of fraud was open to debate.

The revised version echoes complaints made by Republican politicians, who have long suggested that voter fraud is widespread and justifies the voter identification laws that have been passed in at least two dozen states.

Democrats say the threat is overstated and have opposed voter identification laws, which they say disenfranchise the poor, members of minority groups and the elderly, who are less likely to have photo IDs and are more likely to be Democrats.

Though the original report said that among experts “there is widespread but not unanimous agreement that there is little polling place fraud,” the final version of the report released to the public concluded in its executive summary that “there is a great deal of debate on the pervasiveness of fraud.”

[C_U_L8R]

4. again repukes claim there are two sides to the truth

fair and balanced my ass - have the republicans told the truth once ?? Just once?????

[Robbien]

3. Just GOPers trying to build a case the USAs were fired for not going after voter fraud

Since there is no big problem in voter fraud, GOPers need Drudge and the rest of the winger echo chamber to hype up the phony idea that a humongous voter fraud problem exists. You know exactly like the winger echo chamber hyped a problem with Pelosi going to Syria

[LiberalHeart]

6. The way I read it, that article is making the opposite point.

It's saying the original report was changed to be more in keeping with what conservatives wanted to hear. This will add to the woes BushCo faces, not divert attention from them.

[BlooInBloo]

5. Wow. Drudge rules DU's world too. Sigh.

[americanstranger]

7. It's on the NYT home page now.

Stinkin' bullshit. Priming the pump for '08.

- as

[LiberalHeart]

8. Did you read it?