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That's about it: no evidence, no basis whatsoever for the claim, and an omission of the fact that South Dakota's Republican attorney general and Republican secretary of state found no grounds for any such suggestion of fraud.

Mr. Daschle, I'm disappointed in your assessment, very disappointed. Does not the arrest of the woman who acquired over 50 (democratic) absentee ballots suggest fraud to you? I wonder how many times this occurred and no one was caught? Obviously, we can't tell if the votes were cast (secret ballot), but we can surmise.

"Consider another close race, South Dakota's Senate election in 2002. Again we have a 500-plus margin (out of only 330,000 votes cast). A problem for you? Very much so, because on this occasion your candidate lost. Yet now minority voting, disregarded in Florida, is announced to be the culprit. You believe Oglala Sioux voting in Shannon County was "fishy." That's about it: no evidence, no basis whatsoever for the claim, and an omission of the fact that South Dakota's Republican attorney general and Republican secretary of state found no grounds for any such suggestion of fraud. What your readers are offered instead is an outright slur on our Indian voting community, complete with snide stereotypical references to "smoke signals." Missing only was some mention of "firewater." Goodness. Whoa! How about buildingSomebodysaveAmericaandvotethisguyoutofoffice.com. Good grief...he's makes decisions that impact our lives. I didn't vote for him. South Dakota has no right to put someone in office who appears so unstable.