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Following the 2000 presidential election,
Stephenson began investigating allegations of voting
fraud.He researched and became an
activist on this issue and particularly with regard to the
possibility of tampering with electronic voting
machines.<ref>
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</ref><ref> </ref><ref>
</ref><ref> </ref> Stephenson also wrote several
articles on this subject, which were hosted by various progressive
web sites.<ref> </ref> <ref> </ref> In 2004
he unsuccessfully ran for Secretary of State in Washington, again largely on a
platform of voting reform.<ref> </ref><ref>
— Stephenson ends bid for Washington Secretary of
State</ref>
In February 2005, Stephenson was hospitalized
for suspected hepatitis.Further
testing determined that the problem was actually a life-threatening
pancreatic cancer.Friends and supporters of Stephenson then began to
informally solicit online donations through PayPal to help pay for his
surgery.San Francisco journalist
Elizabeth Ferrari led the campaign, which netted $50,000 in 12
days, <ref> </ref> <ref> </ref> but by
the time the first half of the payment had been accumulated a
counter campaign had also been launched.A website critical of Stephenson
appeared.Critics of Stephenson suggested
that the donations were a scam and Stephenson was not really
ill.Paypal temporarily froze the funds,
which is standard procedure when anomalous transactions or traffic
occur on an account.It was alleged that
this caused a two-week delay in payment to the hospital and surgery
to remove the tumor.He had post-surgical
complications and several stroke.On July 7, 2005, Stephenson died at Virginia Mason Medical Center
in Seattle, Washington.Supporters of Stephenson charged that the claims of
fraud and the resultant delays in treatment may have contributed to
his death.His detractors claimed that he
was a scam artist, questioned his death, and noted that his illness
and fundraising were questioned not only by his critics, but by
some of his own friends and associates.Both sides point to the case as an example of the
perfidy of their opponents.No proof was
presented that the activity by his opponents actually delayed the
operation or hastened his death.
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