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Looking back to 2000, present talk of rigged election makes sense

Voter stickers sit in a pile near a ballot machine at an early voting site in Albuquerque, N.M., on Thursday.
Voter stickers sit in a pile near a ballot machine at an early voting site in Albuquerque, N.M., on Thursday. Susan Montoya Bryan Associated Press

All of this talk about a rigged election is absurd unless you count the ​2​​000 George W. and Jeb Bush debacle.

Bill Benica, San Luis Obispo

This story was originally published November 4, 2016 at 8:24 PM with the headline "Looking back to 2000, present talk of rigged election makes sense."

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