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OK, yes, Farhad seems like he's done a bit more homework on this. There is no incontrovertable proof of a conspiracy, and people are considered innocent until they're proven guilty - not just murderers, but even Republicans election officials in Ohio!
So the real question is, where do we go from here? How can we keep these issues from being a permanent fixture of American politics?
Here's my answer: Oregon's vote-by-mail system. No long lines. Pperfect election security (your voting envelope's signature is checked against your registration). If your signature changed or there's any other problem, you get a call BEFORE the election from the staff. Votes coming in for several weeks make last second smears an extremely hard to use tactic. Oh, and did I mention extremely high turnout?
Forward thinking innovation. It's the way we need to go.
