Yes, the votes ARE suspect regardless of who wins, Bearded Bruce! Amusing, isn't it?

Mind you, vote fraud is an old, old story in democratic (and not so democratic) systems. Before there were fairly organized and reliable ways of documenting and identifying voters at the polls, for instance, vote fraud was outrageous in the USA. For example, back in the historical period in which the movie "Gangs of New York" was set....that being the mid-1800's more or less...various factions would get the same people to vote several times on one day by changing their appearance. A man with a beard would show up at 9 AM and vote. Half an hour later he would show up again with a closer trimmed beard and vote. Later he would appear with a mustache and sideburns and vote. Later he would appear sans sideburns and vote. Late he would appear cleanshaven and vote. Later he would appear in a new suit of clothes and vote. Etc....

Elections would end up with a candidate sometimes receiving three or four times as many votes as were available in his constituency! They would run out of ballots, and the "voters" would still be lining up! LOL! This was of course done through bribery, getting people drunk, intimidation, and every form of usury and dishonesty.

It's the people who count the votes and run the system and have most of the money who ultimately control elections. Always has been, probably always will be. The only thing they must avoid is to practice corruption that is so plainly obvious that almost no one is fooled anymore. That can lead to serious trouble, as it eventually did for Tammany Hall in New York City.