BUMPS IN THE ROAD – AT 8:55 A.M. ET:  Should we succeed on election day, the fight might not be over.  Remember 2000?

There could be challenges looming, and we could even be in for some jolts on election day itself.  First, there's the issue of voter fraud.  I'm going to a lecture today, at Gatestone Institute, by John Fund of The Wall Street Journal, who'll be speaking on stealing elections.  In a close election, voter fraud can be decisive.  And voter fraud is fairly common in certain large cities.  If Ohio is the key state, I'd watch every precinct in Cleveland.

Then there is something that has inspired many readers to write to us.  You may know that some American left-wing groups – the usual suspects (ACLU, NAACP, etc.) – went to the UN and asked that our election be monitored for possible "suppression" of minority voters.  The complaint apparently revolves around voter I.D. laws, requiring voters to prove that they're eligible to vote.  I think we all had to do that at one point, but it's suddenly a big deal.

The UN has agreed.  We should point out that our elections have been monitored in the past by the UN, and that the UN has no enforcement power.  But consider this scenario:  The election is decided by one state, say, Ohio, and Ohio goes for Romney.  An ambitious, fashionably leftist UN "observer" announces that he or she saw signs of suppression in Ohio.  Then we're in for a challenge, and a national trauma.

Already Dan Rather (remember him?) is saying that the Republicans might steal the election in Ohio.  That state was decisive in 2004, and losing candidate John Kerry made some noises about a stolen election.  Unfortunately for John, he never could produce any evidence.

But if the election is razor close, be prepared for the possibility of some serious charges, probably centering on race, which could conceivably hold up the result.  There could be an attempt to "delegitimize" the new or re-elected president.

Just an early warning.

October 23, 2012