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Doug Hoffman "Unconcedes" In Upstate New York Congressional Race

AP | VALERIE BAUMAN | Posted 11.17.2009 | New York

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ALBANY, N.Y. — Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman has withdrawn his concession in a close special election for a U.S. House seat, and New...

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Slow Voting Process in St. Louis

Jeanine Molloff | Posted 12.05.2008 | Home

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Jeanine Molloff

Long wait times to vote represent a covert 'poll tax.' Many people in low-income neighborhoods in Missouri are hourly wage earners who cannot afford to lose a day's wages.

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PA Counties Said Unprepared to Serve Voters, Meet Court Order for Emergency Paper Ballots

Brad Friedman | Posted 12.04.2008 | Politics

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Brad Friedman

Montgomery, PA county officials admit that they were completely unprepared for the new paper ballot directive, despite known problems with the touch-screen voting systems they use.

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Obama Could Lose Election Due To Voter Suppression

Judah Freed | Posted 12.01.2008 | Home

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Judah Freed

Republicans are seeking to suppress the voter turnout among youth, minorities and poor people. If Republicans can prevent enough Democrats from casting ballots, McCain could win the election.

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Paper Ballots Replace Machines In Sangamon County

State Journal-Register | Bernard Schoenburg | Posted 11.30.2008 | Chicago

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It's back to the future for voters in Sangamon County. Paper ballots have replaced the electronic voting system in use since 2006, which has been dis...

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Florida's Early Voting Process Seems Rife For Another Challenge If Election Close

Brian Ross | Posted 11.21.2008 | Home

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Brian Ross

Most of the poll workers are elderly, and not particularly adept at using the computers. My agent took almost five minutes to find me in the system and issue me a ballot. One woman who exited the polling place after half an hour was apparently dead, even though she looked quite well.

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Bob Fitrakis & Harvey Wasserman: Why Hurricane Ike Demands Paper Ballots on November 4

Harvey Wasserman | Posted 10.18.2008 | Politics

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Harvey Wasserman

A similar storm on election day could knock out virtually all the state's touchscreen machines. Without sufficient paper ballots, hundreds of thousands of Ohioans would lose their right to vote.

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Video Chat With Diebold Expert Threatened By Voting Machine Company

Jacob Soboroff | Posted 04.09.2008 | Home

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Jacob Soboroff

I video chatted yesterday with Princeton professor Edward Felten. After he was alerted to strange vote tallies by Sequoia voting machines on Super Tuesday, Sequoia wrote to tell Felton that if he investigated the malfunction, even at the request of county clerks, it may be grounds for a lawsuit against him.

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