Report: Voter Fraud May Be Overstated

October 11, 2006, 4:40 PM EDT

WASHINGTON -- The most common form of voter fraud involves absentee ballots, including forgery and coercion in getting older or ailing voters to fill them out, according to a preliminary report to the U.S. Election Assistance Commission.

But the report, delivered in May, suggested that reports of polling place fraud involving "dead" voters and voting by felons and non-citizens might be overstated. The researchers said there is far more anecdotal evidence about voter fraud than specific verifiable claims.

"On balance, more researchers find it to be less of a problem than is commonly described in political debate," the report said.

"Many times people put their own partisan spin on voter fraud and voter intimidation," EAC Chairman Paul DeGregorio said Wednesday.

DeGregorio said the report was only preliminary and cautioned that more investigation is needed to understand the amount of voter fraud in this country.

http://www.newsday.com/news/politics/wire/sns-ap-voter-fraud,0,5615799.story?coll=sns-ap-politics-headlines

Haven't clicked through yet, but this excerpt doesn't appear to talk about that...

All we need do is look at Florida in 2000 and Ohio in 2004.