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Manjoo has clearly made up his mind on this topic, and did so long ago.
His rebuttals make selective use of the facts, including not quoting all of the relevant Ohio law, providing statistics commentary that is unsupported by anything more than the assertion of the quotee, and choosing the smallest available voter numbers from a report that includes several sets, some of which support Kennedy's assertion.
This is very poor journalism, and not what I expect from Salon. This isn't enough to make me drop my subscription, but it's enough to make me consider it. Manjoo has done some fine reporting in other areas, but his biases seem to betray him in this area. Please continue to fact check articles like Kennedy's, but get someone other than Manjoo to do it. He's just not credible on this topic.