And every now and then, the cheating is so egregious, they actually get caught, prosecuted and convicted:
A former top Republican Party official was convicted on telephone harassment charges Thursday for his part in a plot to jam the Democrats' phones on Election Day 2002.The RNC paid for Tobin's lawyers. Haven't seen any comments from them or Senator Sununu who was the beneficiary of Tobin's shenanigans.
The federal jury acquitted James Tobin of the most serious charge against him, of conspiring to violate voters' rights.
Tobin, 45, of Bangor, Maine, was President Bush's New England campaign chairman last year. He could get up seven years in prison and $500,000 in fines when he is sentenced in March.
For nearly two hours on Election Day 2002, hundreds of hang-up calls overwhelmed Democratic get-out-the-vote phone banks in New Hampshire and a ride-to-the-polls line run by Manchester's firefighters union.
