Group Cites Electronic Voting Problems
The record use of electronic voting machines on Nov. 2 led to hundreds of voting irregularities and shows the need for higher standards, a voting rights group said Thursday.
The companies that make the electronic machines said their equipment was reliable and had relatively few problems considering the millions who cast their ballots.
The Election Verification Project reviewed nearly 900 reports of electronic voting problems on Election Day, ranging from lost votes in North Carolina to miscounted votes in Ohio and breakdowns in New Orleans that caused long lines and shut down polling places.
"The documented problems with touch screen machines, vote-counting irregularities and the fact that votes cannot be verified or recounted show us how vulnerable our democracy will be in the future when there are disputed or unclear results," said Kim Alexander, a project member and president of the California Voter Foundation.
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The companies that make the electronic machines said their equipment was reliable and had relatively few problems considering the millions who cast their ballots.
The Election Verification Project reviewed nearly 900 reports of electronic voting problems on Election Day, ranging from lost votes in North Carolina to miscounted votes in Ohio and breakdowns in New Orleans that caused long lines and shut down polling places.
"The documented problems with touch screen machines, vote-counting irregularities and the fact that votes cannot be verified or recounted show us how vulnerable our democracy will be in the future when there are disputed or unclear results," said Kim Alexander, a project member and president of the California Voter Foundation.
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Just got this by email:
Ohio Recount is underway!
1. Get the obstructionist out of the way! sign the nationwide petition
Join Common Cause in calling on Ohio Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell, who led President Bush's re-election efforts in Ohio, and whose partisanship in this election invites comparisons to Katherine Harris in Florida to remove himself from the recount process. He has been busy disenfranchising voters throughout the process. Request that he remove himself from any and all election-related procedures
www.commoncause.org/site/apps/ka/ct/contactus.asp?c=dkLNK1MQIwG&b=251779&en=doLCIIMlGcKHLPNAKaKAKQPrEfLSKZPwGeJILTMEKsG
2. Support the Congressional Inquiry on the Election
http://www.house.gov/nadler/issue-gao.shtml
3. Tell your Congressmen to support it
http://www.moveon.org/investigatethevote
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