>>I guess your German will not do, but there is a novel "Ein König für Deutschland" from Andreas Eschenbach. It deals with the 2000 election - and that the punch card problem where only the camouflage. It's more about the computers used - and it's not totally fictional. The book is full of citations of real existing papers ...
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>>It would be conspiracy theory to ask why exactly this book is not translated into English. ;)
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>Can you just pass a spoiler to us? Just want to know where this book stands on the main question: should them chads be hanged or not? Also, lynch mob or regular court?

The cheat was done by computer based voting machine.

The plot goes, that a code monkey does a "demonstrator" to cheat and the cheat is used. After some trouble
he ends up in Germany and manages to push his father to win the election for chancellor. The joke, is the father is named König, and the election promise is to become König (for those not familiar with German, König eq King). Aside the cheat, the book runs on mass psychology end the like.

The cheat is never revealed to the general audience.