The South was Fucked Up Too! YAY American Democracy! Hip Hip...

[jefferson_dem]

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.


"While the United States of America is a strong democracy, it is also a flawed democracy," said Keith Jennings, director of Count Every Vote 2004, formed after the 2000 election to assure voting rights for "underrepresented and marginalized sectors of the population."


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.

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http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&u=/ap/20041105/ap_on_re_us/voting_report&printer=1

[jedicord]

1. They forgot to mention Texas...

My polling place ran out of paper ballots by 5:15 p.m. I live in far north Spring, Texas (other side of the tracks from The Woodlands), our polling place is the dumps - see pic here:



We had 5 voting booths, 20 parking spaces and a very long line. I had to pass 2 other polling places and drive 5 miles to get there. A couple of years ago I was directed to one polling place, then sent to another, then finally to this one. Guess our precinct demographics.

[madfloridian]

2. Here is their website....Belafonte, Glover, great groups and people.

http://www.counteveryvote2004.org/