Voting Problems in Ohio Set Off an Alarm Story Here Archive |
ADAM LIPTAK New York Times 07 November 2004 Voters in Ohio delivered a second term to President Bush by a decisive margin. But the way the vote was conducted there, election law specialists say, exposed a number of weak spots in the nation's election system.
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Voting process needs uniform standard Story Here Archive |
Daytona Beach News-Journal 07 November 2004 The memory of the 2000 Supreme Court decision that put George W. Bush in the White House still hangs over Florida residents. Many are grateful that the state won't see a repeat this year of the humiliating court battle that dragged on for months.
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System not a complete winner Story Here Archive |
DEBORAH BARFIELD BERRY AND TOM BRUNE New York News Day 07 November 2004 WASHINGTON - Even though the nation's most recent election appears to have avoided the major mishaps and controversies that tainted the 2000 presidential election, the electoral process is still in need of repair and improvements, say federal election officials and civil rights activists.
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Voting system flirts with disaster Story Here Archive |
Don Campbell USA Today 07 November 2004 The nation dodged a bullet last week, when Democrat John Kerry decided to concede to President Bush without waiting for a final vote count in Ohio. His decision also effectively ended a lot of other legal skirmishes at polling places across the country.
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Rutgers not only campus to report voting problems Story Here Archive |
BY KELLY HEYBOER for The Star Ledger. 07 November 2004 On Election Day, Rutgers University sophomore Sean Thom waited patiently as a poll worker combed the voter rolls for his name at a Livingston College polling site.
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Board awaits state followup Story Here Archive |
By ERIN MILLER, The Evening Leader 06 November 2004 WAPAKONETA Auglaize County Board of Election members say they have not heard
any more from the state regarding a possible investigation after receiving
notice of being placed on administrative oversight last week.
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Nader requests recount of NH Presidential ballot Story Here Archive |
By GARRY RAYNO New Hampshire Union Leader 06 November 2004 CONCORD ? Presidential candidate Ralph Nader yesterday requested a recount of the Presidential election ballots in New Hampshire.
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House Dems Seek Election Inquiry Story Here Archive |
Kim Zetter WiredNews 05 November 2004 Three congressmen sent a letter to the General Accounting Office on Friday requesting an investigation into irregularities with voting machines used in Tuesday's elections.
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Warren's vote tally walled off: Alone in Ohio, officials cited homeland security Story Here Archive |
By Erica Solvig for the Cincinnati Enquirer 05 November 2004 LEBANON - Citing concerns about potential terrorism, Warren County officials
locked down the county administration building on election night and blocked
anyone from observing the vote count as the nation awaited Ohio's returns.
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Warren's vote tally walled off Story Here Archive |
Erica Solvig Cincinnati Enquirer 05 November 2004 LEBANON - Citing concerns about potential terrorism, Warren County officials locked down the county administration building on election night and blocked anyone from observing the vote count as the nation awaited Ohio's returns.
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Wolfeboro Kerry Supporters Find Nails In Driveways: No One Injured By Roofing Nails Story Here Archive |
The WMUR Channel 04 November 2004 WOLFEBORO, N.H. The election is over, but police are still investigating
criminal acts in Wolfeboro that may have been politically motivated. Several
residents found roofing nails scattered in their driveways the morning of the
election.
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Voting list snafu causes problems in Marion County Story Here Archive |
By Jason Thomas and Tom Spalding. Indystar.com 02 November 2004 Registered voters in Marion County have been turned away from area polling sites today because their names were mistakenly purged from poll books an error election and state officials are feverishly working to fix.
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California counties using cellular communications to stay in touch with polls Story Here Archive |
By William Jackson Government Computer News 02 November 2004 Orange and Los Angeles counties in California have bought 6,500 wireless phones to keep election officials in touch with polling sites today.
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Some Precincts Out of Provisional Ballots Story Here Archive |
KDKA-TV 02 November 2004 KDKA has learned that 100 local precincts have already run out of provisional ballots before 3pm
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Ohioans Who Didn't Get Absentee Ballots Can Vote Provisional Story Here Archive |
Associated Press 02 November 2004 COLUMBUS, Ohio Ohio voters who did not receive absentee ballots on time can cast provisional ballots at the polls, a federal judge in Toledo ruled Tuesday.
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Judge orders GOP to halt poll tactics Story Here Archive |
Mike Madden for the Argus Leader Washington Bureau 02 November 2004 Republican poll workers in Lake Andes were intimidating Native American voters on Monday, a federal judge ruled early today.
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U.S. Court Allows Republican Poll Challengers in Ohio (Update5) Story Here Archive |
Bloomberg News 02 November 2004 Nov. 2 (Bloomberg) Republican challengers may be present at polling places in Ohio to contest the eligibility of voters in today's presidential election, a U.S. appeals court has ruled.
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Big turnout, a few trouble spots, mark election day Story Here Archive |
JENNIFER DIXON, JACK KRESNAK and JEWEL GOPWANI Detroit Free Press 02 November 2004 Lines were long - but voters for the most part were long on patience - as Michiganders headed to the polls on a rain-soaked morning.
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Activists seek to extend Orleans voting hours Story Here Archive |
BRETT MARTEL Associated Press 02 November 2004 NEW ORLEANS (AP) ? Voting activists asked a judge Tuesday evening for an emergency order extending poll hours in New Orleans until 10 p.m. ? two hours past the standard closing time ? so that voters who were improperly denied access to electronic voting booths could have time to return and cast a full ballot.
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Illegal campaigning alleged at Iowa polling sites Story Here Archive |
By LYNN CAMPBELL Des Moines Register 02 November 2004 Iowa was among at least five states - along with Minnesota, New Hampshire, Colorado and Michigan - where Republicans complained today that the left-leaning group MoveOn was illegally campaigning too close to polling sites.
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