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Tens of thousands of eligible voters in at least six swing states have been removed from the rolls or have been blocked from registering in ways that appear to violate federal law, according to a review of state records and Social Security data by The New York Times. The actions do not seem to be coordinated by one party or the other, nor do they appear to be the result of election officials intentionally breaking rules, but are apparently the result of mistakes in the handling of the registrations and voter files as the states tried to comply with a...

  IN A panic that Democratic gubernatorial candidate Ed Rendell might have electoral coattails, it's not surprising that Pennsylvania Republicans would try to suppress Democratic turnout.What is surprising is the ugly and cynical way they're going about it.Supposedly in response to voter fraud, House Republicans passed a bill that would require registered voters to provide either their county voter identification cards or photo identification before being allowed to vote. It goes to the Senate in the fall.We don't think it's a coincidence that the people most likely to be affected by the requirements - the elderly, poor and minorities -...