Sentence examples for partisan manipulation from inspiring English sources
Still, the Florida case is a rare thing when it comes to the dismal story of partisan manipulation of redistricting: a step in the right direction.
The communications task had been easier the week before, Mr. Fabiani wrote, "when our focus was squarely on the partisan manipulation of the process by the Florida secretary of state".
And his complaints run parallel to those made by lawyers for Gov. George W. Bush, who have criticized the manual ballot count as subjective, standardless and susceptible to partisan manipulation.
Iowa's system of merit appointment of judges followed by up-or-down retention elections is meant to allow for the removal of corrupt or incompetent judges, not to facilitate partisan manipulation and judicial intimidation.
And the way county officials chose to resolve the issue, producing a net gain of 51 votes for Gov. George W. Bush, has led to charges of secretive, partisan manipulation of the totals, and yet another in the procession of lawsuits over this election.
Transparency in electronic voting -- As we saw again this month in Florida, which was forced to scrap a flawed list of felons to be purged from voter rolls that it had originally kept from the public, secrecy in election administration is often a cover for incompetence, or even partisan manipulation.
Almost a dozen years after the Florida meltdown, partisan attempts at manipulation of election rules have become more entrenched and sophisticated.
Connell has a checkered history in highly partisan behind-the scenes information manipulation (http://www.freepress.org/columns/display/3/2008/1665).org/columns/display/3/2008/1665
In a statement, the Rev. Dr. C. Welton Gaddy, president of the Interfaith Alliance, another liberal group, called the effort "an astonishing abuse of religion" and "the rawest form of manipulation of religion for partisan gain".
Republicans think this is an invitation to political manipulation, especially if Mr Obama's ferociously partisan chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, has anything to do with it.
