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GOP misfiled some voter challenges, board says    Story Here  Archive
By Robert Vitale for The Columbus Dispatch 24 October 2004
Dozens of Republican challenges to newly registered voters in Franklin County will be tossed out because they were not properly filed, a local elections official said yesterday.

Big G.O.P. Bid to Challenge Voters at Polls in Key State    Story Here  Archive
By MICHAEL MOSS New York Times 23 October 2004
Republican Party officials in Ohio took formal steps yesterday to place thousands of recruits inside polling places on Election Day to challenge the qualifications of voters they suspect are not eligible to cast ballots.

Counties try to work out kinks    Story Here  Archive
Jeff Kunerth Orlando Sentinel 23 October 2004
The flawed ballot designs and confusing voting instructions that plagued the 2000 presidential election have been largely eliminated, but deficiencies still exist, according to an analysis of the 2004 ballots by design experts.

The Sequel: Five ways the election could end up in court    Story Here  Archive
By RICHARD L. HASEN Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 23 October 2004
Newspapers and magazines have been full of stories raising the disturbing possibility that the 2004 presidential election could once again end up in the courts.

Repeated questions trip up some N.C. voter registrants    Story Here  Archive
Associated Press 23 October 2004
RALEIGH, N.C. - A federal law designed to reduce problems on Election Day could cause the opposite effect for some new voters on Nov. 2, county voting officials say.
The Help America Vote Act of 2002 requires would-be voters to check two boxes on their registration forms attesting that they are U.S. citizens and are at least 18 years old. They also must indicate their citizenship on two other places on the form.


Early-vote problems surfacing in Arizona    Story Here  Archive
Robbie Sherwood Arizona Republic 23 October 2004
A series of early-voting glitches and a controversial recount during the primary have opened the door for serious legal challenges in Arizona if the results of the election for president in the state are too close to call.

From security to extra ballots, elections boards getting ready    Story Here  Archive
Connie Mabin Associated Press 23 October 2004
CLEVELAND - Whether it's record voter turnout, the threat of terror, a blackout or even an accident involving a car carrying ballots to be counted, Ohio's elections boards are planning as never before for one of the most intense and anticipated Election Day's in the nation's history.

Feds look to college students to fill election judge holes    Story Here  Archive
STEPHEN MANNING Associated Press 23 October 2004
COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Local jurisdictions struggle every election to find enough people willing to work at the polls as election judges - the days are long, the pay can be low, and few people can find time to work shifts that can last all day. Most who take the jobs are elderly retirees.

EDITORIAL: Vigilance needed in intensely polarized election    Story Here  Archive
Albuquerque Tribune 23 October 2004
Just 10 wild days remain until Election Day - way too long, considering the mud being slung incessantly by candidates, parties and interest groups.
Then again, perhaps the time is way too short to ensure that voting and vote-counting in New Mexico and Bernalillo County go smoothly.


Voting at wrong precinct OK, says Miller    Story Here  Archive
By LYNN CAMPBELL Des Moines Register 23 October 2004
Iowans who vote Nov. 2 in the correct county but wrong precinct should have their votes for president and Congress count, Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller said Friday in an opinion that pleased voting-rights groups but upset county auditors.

ACLU alleges voter registration problem    Story Here  Archive
Associated Press 23 October 2004
RAPID CITY, S.D. - According to the American Civil Liberties Union, some South Dakotans might be disenfranchised Nov. 2 because county officials wrongly rejected their voter registration applications.

Ohio Provisional Ballot Ruling Reversed    Story Here  Archive
Associated Press 23 October 2004
CINCINNATI Oct 23, 2004 — A federal appeals court ruled Saturday that provisional ballots Ohio voters cast outside their own precincts should not be counted, throwing out a lower-court decision that said such ballots are valid as long as they are cast in the correct county.

Scholars protest limits on access to polling data    Story Here  Archive
Associated Press 23 October 2004
LANSING, MICH. - After nearly 50,000 Michigan Democrats cast ballots over the Internet in February, academics eagerly sought election data that would help them determine what types of people voted online.

Reports of intimidation mar early voting    Story Here  Archive
By Beth Kassab for The State 23 October 2004
ORLANDO, Fla. - (KRT) - Shouting matches and rowdy behavior at early-voting places throughout Florida have forced election officials to step in to keep the peace.

Staff hid missing votes 13 days    Story Here  Archive
JEFF TESTERMAN, St. Petersburgh Times 22 October 2004
TAMPA - On Sept. 3, one day after the Hillsborough County Canvassing Board met and certified the results of the primary election, Hillsborough Supervisor of Elections Buddy Johnson's staff made a startling discovery.

Absentee ballots may be lost in the mail    Story Here  Archive
By Warren Lutz for the Daily Republic 22 October 2004
RIO VISTA Hundreds of absentee ballots destined for Rio Vista voters may have been lost in the mail, a Solano County Registrar of Voters official said Thursday.

The Early-Voting Report: Election 2004    Story Here  Archive
Austin Chronicle. October 22, 2004. BY LEE NICHOLS
Early voting started Monday in Texas, and Travis Co. clerk Dana DeBeauvoir excitedly announced that she expected record turnout in this election. (As of Wednesday morning, more than 6% of Travis Co. voters had already cast their ballots.) She also sheepishly announced something that will likely send voting fraud activists into a tizzy: "We have had an empty ballot box stolen."

Elections Board Looks at Problems    Story Here  Archive
Lisa Rein Washington Post 22 October 2004
Fairfax County's Electoral Board has scheduled a special meeting next week in part to determine whether the registrar is properly processing new voter cards and absentee ballot requests and answering a deluge of calls in the days before the presidential election.

Ballots to get reprint    Story Here  Archive
By Andrea Domaskin,The Forum 22 October 2004
All of Cass County's 120,000 ballots for the upcoming election are being reprinted to ensure they will be accepted by voting machines, Cass County Auditor Mike Montplaisir said Thursday.

Report: Thousands in Florida may be registered to vote elsewhere    Story Here  Archive
Associated Press 22 October 2004
ORLANDO, Fla. - Tens of thousands of Florida voters may be illegally registered to vote in two states, and more than 1,600 may have cast ballots in Florida and one of two other states in recent elections, a newspaper reported Friday.

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