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Created Fri 10th Oct 2:02pm PDT by millermccune
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Will the U.S. Presidential election outcome be challenged by accusations of voter fraud?

Settled as No

No reports of any accussations being made by the major campaigns.

Background:

Thousands of Americans will likely show up to the polls on Nov. 4 to find they are no longer registered to vote. That's an estimate based on past elections and the findings of two leading research groups that found state-sanctioned voter purges are widely inaccurate. With the election outcome likely to be close in many key states, enough to possibly tilt the election, Republicans and Democrats may both find themselves challenging states' voter registration methods in order to push the election into the win column.
http://www.miller-mccune.com/article/745
Category Editor Clarification
In order for this to be settled as a YES a lawsuit must be filed or joined by one of the MAJOR political parties.


Settlement details: As reported by a major mainstream news source.

 
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Settled as No on Fri 7th Nov 12:58pm PST

Suspend date: Thu 6th Nov 11:59pm PST Settlement date: Fri 7th Nov 12:58pm PSTPrediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Thu 6th Nov 11:59pm PST have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled

Initial likelihoods: Yes: 50%

Action history:

Created Fri 10th Oct 2:02pm PDT by millermccune
Changed Description Mon 13th Oct 9:54am PDT by destry[Admin]: show details
... election into the win column. <.<br/> <a href="http://www. ... -mccune.com/article/745</a><br/> <b>Category Editor Clarification</b><br/> In order for this to be settled as a YES a lawsuit must be filed or joined by one of the MAJOR political parties.
Suspended Tue 4th Nov 10:31pm PST by newswrangler[Power User]: Flagged by super user: .
Late suspend time.

Suspended pending outcome.
Settled as 'No' Fri 7th Nov 12:58pm PST by destry[Admin]: No reports of any accussations being made by the major campaigns.

Suspend date: Thu 6th Nov 11:59pm PST Settlement date: Fri 7th Nov 12:58pm PSTPrediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Thu 6th Nov 11:59pm PST have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled
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Predictions (46)

46 predictions

3 weeks ago
pita_soup predicted No (H$50 at 52%)
3 weeks ago
onedave[Power User] predicted No (H$20 at 52%)
3 weeks ago
kruijs[Power User] predicted No (H$500 at 52%)
4 weeks ago
clevelandrock predicted Yes (H$50 at 49%)
4 weeks ago
hect0r predicted Yes (H$100 at 49%)
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Comments (6)

  1 notablenotices[Power User]
I think it is very likely -

Barack was the first Presidential candidate to hire ACORN for "Get Out the Vote" activities:
http://foro.univision.com/univision/board/message?board.id=johnmccain&message.id=7257

1 VOTER, 72 REGISTRATIONS
http://www.nypost.com/seven/10102008/news/politics/1_voter__72_registrations_132965.htm

Missouri fraudulent registrations came from the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, or ACORN
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081009/ap_on_el_ge/voter_fraud

ACORN Submits 2,000 to 5,000 Fake Registration Forms in Indiana
http://campaignspot.nationalreview.com/post/?q=M2UyYjgyN2U4MTM5ZmRjZTk0MzkzZjk4YjlmYzc0MGE=

CNN Reports "Thousands of voter registration forms faked"
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/09/acorn.fraud.claims/index.html
posted 7 weeks ago
  2 notablenotices[Power User]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkUKOSnv2zY
posted 7 weeks ago
  3 capecodviking
how will the question be settled? Anyone can make accusations. Does there have to be court action taken? Congressional action? What specifically needs to happen in order to settle this question?
posted 7 weeks ago
  4 capecodviking
If vote suppression could be included in this question, the likelihood would substantially increase.
posted 7 weeks ago
  5 cici
The Democrat (Obama) would have to lose for a lawsuit to be filed. Even Nixon didn't file a suit when fraud was obvious. Do you think Obama could lose?
posted 4 weeks ago
  6 notablenotices[Power User]
CNN Live Video Confirms Voter Fraud in Philadelphia
http://obamahood.org/?p=252
posted 3 weeks ago

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