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A year ago this weekend, we published a report about vote fraud in the March 2000 presidential elections.

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To Our Readers Has something you've read here startled you? Are you angry, excited, puzzled or pleased? Do you have ideas to improve our coverage? Then please write to us. All we ask is that you include your full name, the name of the city from which you are writing and a contact telephone number in case we need to get in touch. We look forward to hearing from you. Email the Opinion Page Editor The Central Election Commission makes a handful of arguments against our Sept. 9, 2000 elections fraud expose. I'll take them one by one. Quotes from the CEC are in italics. ""Back on June 28, 2000, and on July 10, 2000 -- in other words, long before her September publication -- Moscow Times journalist Y[evgenia] Borisova asked the CEC press service for information for an article about the presidential elections. Her request was met. However, a significant amount of the information provided was not brought to her readers. Moreover, some facts and statements were altered ..."" This is my favorite part.