voting

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 30, 2008
12:00 PM

CONTACT: Institute for Public Accuracy (IPA)
Sam Husseini, (202) 347-0020; or David Zupan, (541) 484-9167

Security and Auditability of Electronic Voting Machines

WASHINGTON - October 30 -

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Election Protection

Election Day approaches, and with it a test of our election system's integrity. Who will be allowed to vote; who will be barred? Who will get paper ballots; who will use electronic voting machines? Will polls be open long enough to accommodate what is expected to be a historic turnout?

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Universal Voter Registration as the Real Answer to Fraud Concerns

Blaming ACORN for our voter registration system is a classic failure of missing the forest for the trees. Amidst accusations of ACORN putting our democracy in jeopardy, few are asking why private groups are even in the business of voter registration drives. The answer is that the United States is one of the few democracies where the federal government doesn’t assume responsibility for establishing full and accurate voter rolls — and it just isn’t working.

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Advocates Seek Changes in Fla. Felon Rights System

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Michelle Latimore fervently hopes Democrat Barack Obama is elected president, but she won't be voting for him.

That's because the Miami woman - the wife of a poll worker and mother of two, including a soldier who has served a tour in Iraq - once was convicted of a felony for buying marijuana. As a result, she lost her civil rights. She said she applied to get them restored two years ago, but that's still pending.

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The Vote Grab: Voting Machines Are Unreliable and Inaccurate

As early voting in the US presidential elections gets underway, ES&S iVotronics touch-screen electronic voting machines have been observed in four separate states flipping the votes - mostly from Barack Obama to John McCain but sometimes to third party candidates too. This has already occurred during early voting in the states of West Virginia, Tennessee, Missouri and Texas.

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Voter Fraud? No, Voter Suppression

Why are we hearing so much about voter fraud and so little about election fraud? After all, the odds of someone voting fraudulently are about the same as those of an American being struck and killed by lightning.

A microscopic evaluation of election data in the 2004 gubernatorial election in Washington state revealed that voter fraud occurred approximately 0.0009 percent of the time. An analysis of the 2004 presidential election in Ohio revealed a voter fraud rate of 0.00004 percent.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 29, 2008
10:30 AM

CONTACT: The Real News Network

Taruna Godric 416-916 5202 ext 414
smcommunications@therealnews.com

US Elections - Is the Fox Guarding the Henhouse?

Spencer Overton: Claims about fraud will block thousands of innocent voters

WASHINGTON - October 29 - As the US presidential election heads towards the final stretch, voter fraud and voter registration issues have hit the headlines. Republicans claim they are trying to protect the integrity of the voting process and the electorate, while Democrats accuse Republicans of voter suppression, putting up roadblocks, to disenfranchise voters Republicans think will vote Democrat. According to Overton, "Claims about voter fraud are exaggerated and irresponsible."

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 28, 2008
1:27 PM

CONTACT: ACLU

James Freedland, (212) 519-7829 or 549-2666; media@aclu.org
Linda Paris, (202) 675-2312 or media@dcaclu.org

ACLU Urges Attorney General to Reject White House Challenge of 200,000 Registered Voters in Ohio

WASHINGTON - October 28 - In a letter to Attorney General Michael Mukasey today, the American Civil Liberties Union demanded the Department of Justice (DOJ) reject a White House request to challenge 200,000 registered voters in Ohio. The White House's request came days after the U.S. Supreme Court denied an attempt by Ohio Republicans to challenge voters with discrepancies between the information on their registration forms and other government databases.

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McCain Campaign Paid Republican Operative Accused of Voter Fraud

John McCain paid $175,000 of campaign money to a Republican operative accused of massive voter registration fraud in several states, it has emerged.

As the McCain camp attempts to tie Barack Obama to claims of registration irregularities by the activist group ACORN, campaign finance records detailing the payment to the firm of Nathan Sproul, investigated several times for fraud, threatens to derail that argument.

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Could The US Election Be Stolen?

TOLEDO, Ohio - With John McCain and Barack Obama already swapping accusations of widespread voter fraud, experts warn that a bitter and protracted fight could ensue if the race to the White House is decided by a narrow margin.

The legal battle over election rules has already made it all the way to the Supreme Court as Republicans fight to block potentially false registrations from being validated and Democrats struggle to prevent voter disenfranchisement.

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