Latest 'voter fraud' report doesn'tproduce much except media coverage

Gasp! Horror!

What is the latest terrible discovery of voter fraud in Wisconsin?

as DubyaIsFredo points out:

The definitive results (and hold your breath): The absentee ballots of four voters who passed away before Election Day (aka – “The Day Diebold Spoke for America”) were counted, when they shouldn’t have been.

But the latest report was worth a 60 -- count 'em, 60! -- inch story in the Journal Sentinel, starting on page one and with an inside headline that says, "Vote fraud likely exists beyond Milwaukee, audit says."

What it actually says is that there is a problem keeping voter lists up to date, which could allow people to vote more than once -- not that anyone is actually doing it.

Back to DubyaIsFredo, on how the media coverage works:

That doesn't keep these claims off the air, out of print and unreported on the internets. Republicans have mastered the rules of the He Said/She Said brand of journalism practiced by much of the media.

The formula goes like this, Republicans can insist, for instance, the Earth is flat. Democrats will offer up that the world is round, and include scientific evidence proving such. The story will include both statements, one after the other, leaving the reader with the impression the truth is somewhere in the middle. Perhaps the Earth is concave.

Eye On Wisconsin notes that the problems are widespread, even in Republican areas like Waukesha, although the GOP focus is always on Milwaukee.

There's a reason for that. Too many Democrats, and way too many black people, are voting in Milwaukee to suit the GOP. So the effort to make it harder for them -- including not just photo IDs but an end to registration at the polls -- continues. The harder the Republicans push, the more likely those folks will vote Democratic. So that, I guess, is the silver lining to this "voter fraud" witchhunt.

And, over Sheboygan way, Sadie says that State Sen. Joe Leibham, sponsor of the photo ID bill, still doesn't get it. Those dead people would have voted even with an ID.