Worst Voter Error Is Apathy Toward Irregularities

Some may realize this is a cross post, and if that's not cool, I apologize, but I didn't want this to get lost in the forum shuffle today. I think it's vital reading for every Democrat (or non-republican).

Worst Voter Error Is Apathy Toward Irregularities

http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?node=admin/registration/register&destination=register&nextstep=gather&application=reg30-metro&applicationURL=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43630-2004Nov11.html

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Come on. If Republicans had lost the election, this column would be unnecessary because Karl Rove and company would be contesting every vote. I keep hearing from those who wonder whether Democrats are "too nice," and from others who wonder whether efforts by the mainstream media to be "fair and balanced" sometimes render them "neutered and less effective."
Perhaps. But the much-publicized voting-machine error that gave Bush 4,258 votes in an Ohio precinct where only 638 people cast ballots preceded a flood of disturbing reports, ranging from the Florida voting machine that counted backward to the North Carolina computer that eliminated votes. In Ohio's Warren County, election officials citing "homeland security" concerns locked the doors to the county building where votes were being counted, refusing to allow members of the media and bipartisan observers to watch.
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Except for places like here in San Diego where a write-in candidate is likely to be the next Mayor.

These ballots are being hand-counted and lawsuits are flying to keep the votes from being counted.

If they weren't being hand-counted, the "expected" outcome would have been the "final" outcome.