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...fraud," said Qian. "I realize that now, but I was not so suspicious then...
Many would credit the system with actually protecting our popular sovereignty by hindering voter fraud. They reason that in states, minority party voter fraud is quite unlikely because the minority party would have to fool the majority party into believing that they had beaten the odds and won an unlikely election. However, majority party fraud is much easier because the party with the power can make it happen, and people are expecting the general division of votes to be in the majority's favor anyway. So inflating vote totals in a certain area from 60 percent to say 70 percent...
...opposition gambled too. The cautious Kostunica thought Milosevic's lust to retain his aura of legitimacy might force the President to give up if the legal bodies ruled the "official" vote count a fraud. So he refused to participate in the Milosevic-ordained runoff. Kostunica resolutely insisted he was already President-elect, and he was backed up by an international chorus of support, save only from Moscow. He risked losing again if the runoff took place without him on Oct. 8, leaving Milosevic to claim a technical victory. But Kostunica grew visibly in stature as he stuck to his sense...
What helped bring others out by the hundreds of thousands was Milosevic's miscalculation. His handpicked constitutional court put out an inflammatory ruling Wednesday night. There had indeed been, they said, fraud in the Sept. 24 election, and some official results were annulled. That seemed to imply that a whole new election was required and Milosevic could happily stay in power until his term ended in July. Such a slap in the face of legitimacy--even the sham variety normal in Yugoslavia--practically invited voters to overthrow Milosevic...
...port linked to a PC and types in a code. Voila! A personalized Web navigator blossoms on the screen. "With this, I can access various e-mail accounts and websites, trade stocks, buy goods and pay bills with a single click, using personal and banking information stored in a fraud-proof way," says Gloton, 56, as he removes the "smart card" that gives him these powers and returns it to his wallet. "This card contains a microchip that makes it a veritable minicomputer--with memory and processing power," he goes on. "I can use it with any PC on Earth...