Yahoo News: Group Finds Voting Irregularities in South

[mcg]

<http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/voting_report>

Rated it a 5 and emailed it.

[KitSileya]

1. Well, I've done my bit

You have given the news article Group Finds Voting Irregularities in South a rating of 5.
Its current average rating is 3.29 with 568 vote(s).


Aren't sure I agree with this bit, tho':

"The report applauded increased voter participation and numerous "get out the vote drives" and called elections throughout the South "relatively well administered.""

[Carolinian]

2. Remember the rule to let a news story die on the vine....

Release it on Friday.

[bain_sidhe]

3. A snip (grumblegrumble*&^%$lazypostersgrumblegrumble...)

ATLANTA - A national voting rights group said Friday it documented hundreds of voting irregularities affecting poor and minority voters in seven Southern states — from long lines and faulty equipment to deliberate voter intimidation

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The group sent monitors Tuesday to 700 precincts in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina and South Carolina. Their goal was to observe such issues as the timely opening of polls, the presence of correct ballots and functioning machines, and the impartiality of elections officials.

Among their preliminary findings, the group listed a shortage of early voting locations in Duval County, Fla., the largest county in Florida in area and voting-age population, the failure of electronic voting machines in three South Carolina counties, and the loss of votes at a North Carolina precinct when too much information was stored on a computer unit.

"In one case, sprinklers came on while people were waiting to vote and the poll workers didn't know how to turn them off," said Alma Ayala, who monitored voting in St. Petersburg, Fla.

[Moderator]

4. Duplicate

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=962171