re: #2 Flounder

Cook County Election Judges responsibilities:

So a Republican who donates to Democratic candidates,

robocalls Republican judges so that they won’t show up to the polls. Democratic tampering or Republican?

Democratic birthers???

Sources said Parrilli was working with Sharon Meroni, a Republican wingnut who considers herself a one-woman crusader against vote fraud in Illinois — in between her efforts to prove Barack Obama is not a U.S. citizen.

As the author points out, Chicago is an overwhelmingly Democratic city. Difficulties in voting are almost assuredly going to affect Democratic voters most of all.