Contents -- Introduction: Common Sense -- 2000 -- Because Jeb Said So: What really happened on Election Night in Florida -- Florida 2000: Beginnings of a Lawless Presidency -- 2002 -- diebold and max cleland's "loss" in georgia -- the ordeal of don siegelman -- a statisticl analysis of the gubernatorial vote in baldwi n county, alabama in 2002 -- 2004 -- election 2004: the urban legend -- how to stuff the electronic ballot box: " hacking and stacking" in pima county, arizona -- the selling of the Touch Screen "paper trail": FROM NEVADA TO THE EAC -- 2006 -- landslide denied: exit polls vs. the vote count in 2006 -- the fate of tammy duckworth: fi ghting for democracy in dupage county, illinois -- toward 2008 -- "as ohio goes . . ." -- bush v gore and the supreme court as election terminator -- the perils of naive reform: a second look at federal election law -- the department of justice whistles "dixie" -- a 12-step program to save u.s. democracy -- contributors.