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After 2000, all eyes are on Florida poll workers Story Here Archive | ||||||
ORLANDO, Fla. - (KRT) - If every vote is going to count, then it's important to make sure people such as Paul Dworkin know how to count them. On Election Day, the world will be watching Dworkin and thousands of others who will work in Florida's precincts. | ||||||
Group sued over alleged disenfranchisement of felons Story Here Archive | ||||||
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - (KRT) - If Jude Daniel tries to vote, poll workers won't be able to find him on the rolls, even though he filled out a voter registration form in August. | ||||||
Missing absentee ballots revision doesn't stop criticism of Broward officials Story Here Archive | ||||||
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - (KRT) - Even as Broward County election officials announced that the number of missing absentee ballots are far fewer than initially believed, civil rights activists raised fresh concerns Friday about preparations for next week's closely watched presidential election. | ||||||
Dirty tricks litter path to election Story Here Archive | ||||||
When Dolores Cuellar of Orlando opened her door and saw a woman with a clipboard, she didn't hesitate to say which candidate she preferred. "Not Bush," said Cuellar, 42. "The other one." The woman told Cuellar she didn't need to bother going to the polls. She would mark Cuellar's vote on a piece of paper right there. And while she was at it, she also would record a vote for Cuellar's 18-year-old daughter. | ||||||
Elections officials don't expect provisional ballot problems Story Here Archive | ||||||
MADISON, Wis. - Wisconsin is not expected to have the problems with the new provisional ballots that other states have experienced because voters will only receive them in very few cases, the state's top elections official said Friday. | ||||||
Passion and Election Disputes on Rise in Florida Story Here Archive | ||||||
KENDALL, Fla., Oct. 27 - It is as if the presidential election of 2000 never ended here. Six days before Election Day, Florida is again struggling with questions about potential voting irregularities, from complaints about missing absentee ballots in Broward County and accusations of voter suppression in minority neighborhoods to concerns about new touch-screen voting machines. Floridians have been standing for as long as three hours to cast early votes in the presidential race, testimony to the unresolved passions of the election of 2000. Interest is so intense that analysts predict that a staggering 75 percent of Florida voters will cast ballots by the time polls close Tuesday evening. | ||||||
Legal teams prepare for battle in Florida Story Here Archive | ||||||
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - (KRT) - Republicans and their attorneys say they are arming themselves with lists of voters whose registrations appear flawed, preparing for what Democrats are calling a statewide effort to challenge voters and slow the process on Election Day. The fight over who is eligible to cast a ballot is a particularly vital point in this key state with its 27 electoral votes, the largest prize still undecided in the polls. Political experts widely agree that Democrats need a huge turnout for presidential nominee John Kerry to win Florida, a state he needs to offset Bush's strength in the rest of the South. | ||||||
GOP challenge to voting list denied Story Here Archive | ||||||
The Milwaukee Election Commission voted 3-0 this morning to deny a Republican Party challenge that sought to have about 5,600 names and addresses removed from the city's voting list for Tuesday's election. | ||||||
Servicemen sue over overseas ballot deadline Story Here Archive | ||||||
HARRISBURG, Pa. - Two servicemen serving in Iraq and Kuwait filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday seeking a 15-day extension for the return of overseas ballots. | ||||||
Broward to resend missing ballots, add workers to help answer calls Story Here Archive | ||||||
Hoping to avoid another presidential election fiasco, Broward County officials scrambled Wednesday to replace tens of thousands of missing absentee ballots, cut long waits for early voting and beef up a phone system deluged with calls from angry voters. | ||||||
Poll workers won't tell people about choice of electronic vs. traditional ballots unless asked Story Here Archive | ||||||
Paper or plastic? Riverside County voters will have that choice on Election Day, but they won't be asked the question. County elections officials have instructed poll workers not to tell voters that they can vote by traditional paper ballot Nov. 2, rather than the plastic touch-screen electronic machines that have become commonplace since the 2000 presidential election. This will be the county's 30th election with the machines. | ||||||
RNC in Blatant Violation of Court Consent Decree, Says Advancement Project Story Here Archive | ||||||
NEWARK, N.J., Oct. 27 /U.S. Newswire/ Today, Advancement Project submitted a motion to intervene, reopen, and enforce the Consent Decrees reached in the case of DNC v. RNC. | ||||||
Judge halts hearings on voter registration challenges Story Here Archive | ||||||
CINCINNATI - A federal judge's decision to temporarily halt hearings on Republican challenges of thousands of voter registrations could prevent the hearings from ever taking place, the state GOP chairman said. | ||||||
Judge Rebuffs GOP Effort to Contest Voters in Ohio Story Here Archive | ||||||
A U.S. District Court judge yesterday effectively ended efforts by Republicans in Ohio to challenge the eligibility of tens of thousands of voters in one of the most closely contested states in this year's presidential race. | ||||||
Republicans challenge 5,600 addresses that may not exist Story Here Archive | ||||||
State Republicans filed a last-minute complaint Wednesday with the Milwaukee Election Commission claiming that 5,600 city addresses on the voter rolls may not exist. | ||||||
2 charged in voter fraud Story Here Archive | ||||||
Denver prosecutors charged two people Wednesday with falsely filling out multiple voter forms to boost their pay in a paid registration drive. | ||||||
Ballot glitches concern voters Story Here Archive | ||||||
As Election Day nears, problems with Thurston County's absentee ballot system have some voters worried about whether their votes will count, or if some people's will count twice. Some absentee voters have sent their ballots in only to have them come back in the mail. Others still haven't received their absentee ballots. A few voters have received multiple ballots. | ||||||
Five Days to Election Day: Election Protection Coalition Launches Hotline to Protect, Educate & Assist Voters Story Here Archive | ||||||
NEW YORK, Oct. 28 /U.S. Newswire/ With less than one week to go before Election Day 2004, the Election Protection Coalition will launch the nationwide, nonpartisan Know Your Rights/Election Protection Program in New York City on Monday, Nov. 1st. The Election Protection Program provides voter information and assistance, expert legal help, poll monitors to help voters understand their rights, and voter assistance when problems arise. Election Protection targets historically disenfranchised communities, including Hispanic, African-American and low-income communities, by providing these voters with key information and advice. | ||||||
Deja Vu as Florida Struggles to Hold Pristine Election Story Here Archive | ||||||
MIAMI (Reuters) - Lawsuits, missing absentee ballots and accusations of bias from afar Tuesday's presidential election in Florida already looks like the Third World-style fiasco of 2000 that everyone wanted to avoid. But election officials in the state run by President Bush's brother insist a massive turnout for early, pre-Election Day voting and a growing capacity to deal with lengthy queues show that Florida will get it right. | ||||||
Hurricanes destroyed Florida polling places, displaced voters Story Here Archive | ||||||
Carl Burns didn't want to take a chance on losing his vote to Hurricane Ivan so he cast an absentee ballot. "I don't know if my old polling place is going to be there or not," said the 76-year-old retired claims manager from Pensacola. | ||||||
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