preparing for 2006 and 2008

Paul Krugman on Friday wrote about a book by a British author about the 2000 and 2004 elections. He closes with a warning that the GOP will be very tempted to use similar techniques to maintain power in 2006 and 2008.

How do the Democrats fight this? It would help if somebody like George Soros bought out Diebold or one of the other election-machine companies...