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I've said there could be a huge "surprise" win for Kerry in spite of the slanted polls:

The polls are off by a much larger amount than the "Margin of Error" they keep telling us about. What they're not telling us is that the samples on many of the polls are skewed.

Poll results reflect a more Republican opinion than exists in reality because the samples in many polls contain more Republicans than Democrats.

The electorate, however is comprised of more registered Democrats (33%) than Republicans (29%).

In spite of that, Gallup, for instance, samples 38-40% Republicans and 33% Democrats.

The voter turnout in last two presidential elections, however, has been exactly the opposite: 39% Democrats, 34-35% Republicans. [Slanted Polls: They Lean Right] (Story links open in new windows)

So with the poll results so close even with the partisan bias, I wouldn't be surprised if Kerry were to win by a margin of at least 6% of the popular vote (you heard it here first) in the real world.

But that may not be enough, now that Attorney-General John Ashcroft has stepped into the picture:

Bush Seeks Limit to Suits Over Voting Rights

Bush administration lawyers argued in three closely contested states last week that only the Justice Department, and not voters themselves, may sue to enforce the voting rights set out in the Help America Vote Act, which was passed in the aftermath of the disputed 2000 election.

Since the civil rights era of the 1960s, individuals have gone to federal court to enforce their right to vote, often with the support of groups such as the NAACP, the AFL-CIO, the League of Women Voters or the state parties. And until now, the Justice Department and the Supreme Court had taken the view that individual voters could sue to enforce federal election law.

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