UPDATED 09/10/13: I finally found the Miami Herald article, which can be read here.  (Also reprinted at the end of this column after the El Nuevo Herald translation.) Unless local politicians do something so blatantly…

I got a sinking feeling when I read the opening sentence of the Miami Herald article, “Miami-Dade elections department plans software update to catch phony absentee-ballot requests.”  It just got worse from there. The column…