In all the fulsome talk about rigged elections, I never see mention of a new election. The people who rig elections are not going to stop work when a new count is ordered; they'll rig that, too. The only way to be sure is to redo the disputed elections, but no one says so. "The cost," officials would say, if compelled to comment. Given the cost of seeing American democracy subverted, the price tags for new elections--especially low-tech ones that don't involve voting machines but do involve focused human examination and counting of ballots--is inconsiderable. This doesn't apply only to Ohio. The world's holding its breath.

Mitch Clogg
Mendocino, CA