Because the process is handled locally there are too many pieces to pull off a national level rigging. Bush managed to manhandle the election from Gore but he d

Because the process is handled locally there are too many pieces to pull off a national level rigging. Bush managed to manhandle the election from Gore but he didn't rig it he stole it. Its much easier to steal an election than to rig it especially if you come from old money power like W Bush did.