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Experts wondering if there will be A New Wave of Voters Story Here Archive | ||||||
A last-minute wave of voter registration plus skyrocketing numbers of unaffiliated and absentee voters have left experts baffled about what might happen in California and across the nation on Election Day and beyond. | ||||||
Some online voter registrations are faulty Story Here Archive | ||||||
TUCSON (AP) Thousands of Arizonans who registered to vote over the Internet are missing from voting rolls in the state's 15 counties. The missing voters were discovered when the Secretary of State's office compared its computer file of those who used the EZ Voter system to register online with lists maintained by county recorders. | ||||||
Auditor raked; she didn't add vote station Story Here Archive | ||||||
Story County Auditor Mary Mosiman was criticized Saturday for her decision not to open an added satellite voting station Monday at Iowa State University. | ||||||
Voters Claim Abuse Of Electoral Rolls Story Here Archive | ||||||
London/New York (The Observer)- An Observer investigation in the United States has uncovered widespread allegations of electoral abuse, many of them going uninvestigated despite complaints of what would appear to be criminal attempts to manipulate voter lists. | ||||||
Justice Dept. letter backs poll watchers Story Here Archive | ||||||
Civil rights lawyers for the Bush administration's Justice Department have notified a federal judge that they see no conflict with Republican plans to post thousands of partisan challengers in Ohio polling places on Election Day. | ||||||
Challenge to voters legal Story Here Archive | ||||||
The U.S. Department of Justice has decided that the Ohio law that allows people to challenge voters at the polling places Tuesday does not violate a voter's civil rights and is therefore constitutional. Assistant U.S. Attorney R. Alexander Acosta filed a document in the Cincinnati court of U.S. District Court Judge Susan Dlott a Clinton appointee that says the Justice Department believes the challenger law in Ohio is constitutional. | ||||||
Lawyers, e-voters, chads Oh my! Story Here Archive | ||||||
Americans learned in 2000 that watching recounts and courts decide a piano-wire tight election like the making of laws and sausages is not for the faint-hearted. | ||||||
Provisional ballots top elections officials' concerns Story Here Archive | ||||||
CHICAGO - Marilyn Mahon joined about 40 people in a stuffy basement room of the Daley Center for a recent three-hour lesson on when to issue provisional ballots to voters, how to keep intrusive poll watchers at bay and how to run a polling place. | ||||||
Ensuring your vote will count Story Here Archive | ||||||
Voters worried about being challenged at the polls this Election Day should put their fears to rest, county election officials say. Nancy Bell, director of the Ross County Board of Elections, said poll workers will not turn anyone away. In the event a voter is challenged and poll workers are not satisfied he or she is registered at a particular polling precinct, a provisional paper ballot will be used to cast their vote. | ||||||
Where the Action's at for Poll Watchers: Ohio as the New Florida Story Here Archive | ||||||
In a sleek law firm conference room 19 stories above Park Avenue last Thursday night, the subject was where people wanted to go to monitor elections this week. A few hands shot up for Florida, and more for Pennsylvania. But while Florida may still be the marquee name in election mismanagement, Ohio is where most people wanted to be on Nov. 2. The most inscrutable of all the swing states, it's where the Republicans have filed objections to 35,000 new voter registrations and are sending 3,600 poll challengers, mainly to heavily minority precincts that tend to produce Democratic votes. The law students and lawyers in the Midtown law offices, volunteers for a group called Election Protection, wanted to be there, too, pushing in the opposite direction. | ||||||
Last-minute challenges Story Here Archive | ||||||
Local elections officials, like others up and down the state, are bracing for an Election Day that promises to be like no other. Observers are predicting a record turnout at the polls, unprecedented scrutiny of elections operations, and razor-thin margins in many national and state contests. | ||||||
Smooth E-Vote Predicted as Absentee Snags Arise Story Here Archive | ||||||
Eight months after Orange County's inaugural use of electronic voting machines was plagued by problems, election officials expect the process to run more smoothly Tuesday ? in part because poll workers are better trained and more experienced. | ||||||
Felons slip through the net of voter registration rules Story Here Archive | ||||||
LAS VEGAS Shuttling frenetically from desk to desk, Clark County election official Catherine Smith was racking up another 12-hour day during Nevada's early voting last week as an investigator on the front lines of registration fraud in this year's presidential election. | ||||||
Poll Worker Shortage May Hamper Voting Story Here Archive | ||||||
A shortage of at least 500,000 poll workers nationwide means many voters could face long lines, cranky volunteers, polling places that don't open or close on schedule and the chance that results won't be known until long after the polls are closed. | ||||||
What happens if there's another razor thin vote? Story Here Archive | ||||||
The state that gave the nation a glimpse into the nitty gritty of counting votes four years ago is conducting elections differently this time around, embarrassed into overhauling its machinery, its rules and hopefully its image. | ||||||
Absentee ballots, long lines a worry Story Here Archive | ||||||
As national attention continued to focus on South Florida and the question of whether Tuesday would prove to be a repeat of 2000's mess of an election, voters waited as long as five hours to cast ballots early. | ||||||
Electoral system needs improvement again Story Here Archive | ||||||
Americans enjoy a bare-knuckled political fight, but this year's mud-slinging contests are a discredit to the electoral process. Attack ads and negative campaigns have come to dominate the process. They tarnish anyone daring to aspire to a position of leadership. This is particularly evident in a presidential race ruled by fear and the ominous suggestion that doom awaits voters if they make the wrong choice. Is this any way to choose the leader of the most powerful nation in the world? | ||||||
Now They're Registered, Now They're Not Story Here Archive | ||||||
As if things weren't complicated enough, here comes the dirt. Registered voters who have been somehow unregistered. Democrats who suddenly find they've been re-registered as Republicans. A flier announcing that Election Day has been extended through Wednesday. | ||||||
Lawyers preparing for election tangles Story Here Archive | ||||||
Legions of lawyers poised to strike. A new kind of "provisional" ballot with issues of its own. Thousands of brand-new voters being asked to show ID. | ||||||
Balloting Blunders Story Here Archive | ||||||
Palm Beach County election officials have yet to work the kinks out of early voting. With lines topping four hours and dozens of missing or incorrect absentee ballots in question, local officials fear the early voting fiasco is only a foreshadowing of what’s to come. | ||||||
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