However, in 2002 election, AG Ashcroft and Sec. of State Matt Blunt had "observers" present. Read:FEC/FBI/MO HP,etc. They let it be known beforehand that said "observers" would be present. Very little fraud occurred. Such will be the case again in November... This is true. In 2000, Jim Talent lost by about 20,000 votes. In 2002, Jim Talent won by about 20,000 votes. Taming the St. Louis voter fraud machine made the difference in IMHO.
The St.Louis vote "manipulations" have kept us down for years. The CCW map (available @ moccw.org) shows how instrumental they were in defeating the 1999 attempt to pass CCW. 5 years later we are still hassling with it.
If Dems ever get control of DOJ again, we are screwed...This is how they beat Ashcroft, Talent,etc. in years past. Many other state wide candidates fell victim to this Third World mass of corruption in St.L. My regret is that Democrat officials didn't go to prison over it...