1.   Accusations of election fraud, from ballots cast for dead people to double-voting, are as old as democracy itself.

2.   Severe penalties are imposed for election fraud.

3.   The Secretary of State is probing claims of election fraud.

4.   Already there have been charges of election fraud, and investigations have been launched.

5.   And despite opposition in Belarus, senior U.S. officials say Lukashenko could win such a referendum, even without election fraud.

6.   After the election, several Alabama Baptist ministers filed a lawsuit alleging election fraud, but the suit was thrown out a month later.

7.   Alejandro Toledo, the former presidential candidate who dropped out of the race last May charging election fraud, expressed skepticism to reporters.

8.   Although allegations of election fraud never were proven, Cardenas may forever be known as the man who would be president.

9.   But he also reached out to the military, appealing to it not to take part in election fraud.