In USA Today, the rules to "protect voters from fraud and intimidation" during the Jan. 30 elections include:
� imposing criminal penalties for forgery of documents or voter identity fraud
� criminal penalties for inciting violence in connection with election rallies or other events
�criminal penalties for bribing election commission employees
� marking one finger of each voter with indelible ink to ensure voters don't vote twice
� criminal penalties for intimidating voters to support a slate of candidates
�PRINTING THE BALLOTS ON SPECIAL SECURITY PAPER with features similar to that used for currency
�banning govt. security personnel from participating in campaign activities on behalf of candidates
�banning firearms within 300 feet of a polling station, except for those carried by govt. security personnel
Just imagine if we had had these rules in place in November in the US?
