So why does the GOP not take the state or the precincts to court for not obeying the law? This will never change unless it is forced to change.
The precinct workers argument made by Democratic Heads of the Boards of Elections is always the same. In Florida the woman (I can't recall her name) head of the County Board of Elections reported to the state that no Republicans had aplied for poll worker jobs. She had asked the Republican party to help her get Republican poll workers and non applied as the result of that effort. It was either use Democrats or call off the election, she said... so she used Democrats.
Many Repubicans think there is no corruption because they don't know how it is done. Getting Republicans to volunteer to be precinct workers in an inner city precinct is very hard to do. It is very dangerous and scary. And those that know there is corruption understand that trying to stop it is very dangerous to Republicans and Republican candidates.
If Republicans tried to stop the voter corruption Democrats would attack Republicans for trying to find a way to stop black people from voting. The media would spin it as "Republicans have been accused of trying to prevent Blacks from voting. Professor xxx yyyy from e said today "Under the guise of stopping cheating by black voters, Republicans are trying to prevent blacks from voting against them in the innner cities." That is why it is not taken to court.
Remember Democrats only do it in close elections. Men like Governor Rhodes knew it. At a campaign meeting during that '72 election, Jim mentioned that we needed to get 50,000 more actual votes than the Democrats just to earn a tie. Jim chose to do it by trying to maximise turn out in typically strong Republican Counties... such as the rural counties in Ohio. He could not afford the negative media coverage an attempt to make inner city Democrats obey the law would create.
My belief is that to stop it we need a new Black Voter Protection law. To "Protect all Voters and especially Blacks" a new law would require at least one state trooper be stationed inside every polling place in the state. Unless the Democrats could corrupt the State troopers in Ohio, Michigan, Pa, Ill and Florida, the cheating would be over. With state troopers to "guard" and protect "Minority Voters rights" and to ensure that NO illegal Actions of any kind, could succeed the cheating would be ended.
When the black voters complain as they did in Florida in 2000, I would use that to pass a "Minority Voter Proection" act with state troopers in every polling place to prevent any kind of corruption of the voting process.
Democrats do things to hurt Republicans and do it for the "Children". Republicans need to do things that will hurt Demorats and say they are doing it for the "Minority Voters".
Lots of peole like "Torie" examine the numbers like a "Lawyer" and conclude there is no provable corruption. That of course is true. But does nothing to stop the corruption.