Steal This Vote: Dirty Elections and the Rotten History of Democracy in America
Description: Steal This Vote: Dirty Elections and the Rotten History of Democracy in America examines the history of election fraud and irregularities in the United States, highlighting recurring challenges to the country's democratic processes
ISBN: 1560256761
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As Andrew Gumbel wrote in Steal This Vote [2005], America experiences recurring amnesia.
https://www.amazon.com/Steal-This-Vote-Elections-Democracy/d...
As a burned out election integrity activist, I've really struggled with the recurring incredulity.
My local newspaper called me a "sweaty paranoid kook", because I dared to explain how our jurisdiction's central count actually worked (per their procedures manual).
And all the risks we identified and tried to mitigate? It all happened. All of it. (Where's my parade?)
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Some free, unsolicited, hard earned advice from a recovering activist:
Focus on "errors", instead of "fraud". Just because. The moment there's a hint of partisanship, the conversation is over. And really, at the end of the day, fraud is indistinguishable from errors. So just grit your teeth, for the greater good.
Focus on appropriations, aka follow the money. The very minor victories I've had were argued from a framing of good governance. Transparency, accountability, anti-waste, etc.