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...ETHNIC FRAUD...
...requirement this year. In the past two weeks alone, photo-ID bills have been signed into law in Georgia and Indiana; killed in committee in California; and vetoed in Wisconsin by Governor Jim Doyle, a Democrat. Doyle insists the bill "has more to do with politics than ... with fraud." In Georgia, G.O.P. Governor Sonny Perdue defended the new law: "Considering you must show a photo ID when cashing a check, renting a movie, getting on an airplane, I believe this is a reasonable requirement...
Representatives of the ACLU and several black caucuses say there's no proof of voter fraud to justify these requirements. ID advocates counter that there is no proof of disenfranchisement either. Although an Ohio State University study predicts that 6% to 10% of qualified voters in that state could be turned away if a photo ID were demanded, no studies have yet been conducted to determine whether disenfranchisement has occurred in states where such ID is already required. --By Greg Fulton
...argument rests, predictably, on Russia’s economic indicators. He does not, however, ignore Russian politics. He explains away President Vladimir Putin’s efforts to undermine democratic institutions as perfectly ordinary activities for middle-income heads of state, comparing the level of election fraud, voter intimidation and vote-buying in the Russian Federation to those of Argentina and Brazil. So Russia is “normal,” at least according to the conveniently quantifiable indicators economists such as Shleifer use to gauge the economic and political life (or lack thereof) of a country...
While the Catholic Church was choosing its new Pope last week, many countries were struggling with their own changing of the guard. But unlike the Vatican's stately coronation, these heads of state were fighting for their jobs, facing such accusations as financial fraud and abuse of power. Here's an update on the most embattled global leaders. --By Jeremy Caplan. With reporting by TIME bureaus...