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Let's cut to the chase. He who controls unscrutinised vote-counting computers, controls the outcome. Until electoral accoutability is achieved, a task successfully managed by many countries, the fix stays in.
As for Farhad Manjoo, despite his journalistic depth, I guess sites that attract their share of intellectual studs like Salon, require their token teaser. They get kicked a lot, but the sniff of the chase keeps them hanging 'round for years.