Hollow Victory

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uselections2004/markosmoulitsas/story/0,15139,1331610,00.html
Hollow Victory
US blogger Markos Moulitsas is wary of Republican attempts to 'steal' another election

Wednesday October 20, 2004

It was Monday morning, the first day of early voting in Florida, and only an hour went by before the system collapsed in Broward County, ground zero for the 2000 fiasco in the state. Potential voters were turned away in this heavily Democratic county as election officials delivered a litany of excuses. The person in charge of elections is the secretary of state, Glenda Hood, a Republican.

It was an inauspicious beginning to Florida's election season, and a reminder that Democrats must remain vigilant against Republican efforts to steal yet another election. And in that regard, Republicans have been mighty busy.

A small sampling of what Democrats face:....