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Democrats are telling voters that they had better head to the polls — or else. The New York State Democratic Committee is bullying people into voting next week with intimidating letters warning that it can easily find out which slackers fail to cast a ballot next Tuesday. “Who you vote for is your secret. But whether or not you vote is public record,” the letter says. “We will be reviewing voting records to determine whether you joined your neighbors who voted in 2014.” It ends with a line better suited to a mob movie than a major political party: “If...

...A measure to protect voters' rights -- passed by Congress to prevent a repeat of the 2000 voting debacles -- gives voters a place to turn if they have complaints about the way polling went yesterday or want to know whether their "provisional" ballots were actually counted . At the same time, some partisan and nonpartisan groups are urging voters to stay involved in the election process in the days ahead. The new procedures don't hinge on whether overall election results are in doubt. Indeed, despite glitches and problems here and there, the overall litany of problems wasn't as long...