| Date |
Problem Type |
State
|
Vendor
|
Description
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| 11/2/2004 |
Malfeasance |
OH |
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Officials in Warren County, Ohio locked down its administration building to prevent anybody from observing the vote count there. County Commissioners confirmed that they were acting on the advice of their Emergency Services Director, Frank Young. Mr. Young had explained that he had been advised by the federal government to implement the measures for the sake of Homeland Security.
Story
Archive |
| 11/2/2004 |
Paper ballots (late) |
OH |
|
A woman sued elections officials Tuesday on behalf of Ohio voters who claim they did not receive their absentee ballots on time, seeking permission for them to be able to cast provisional ballots at the polls. SoS office said state law says that if a board of elections sent someone an absentee ballot, that person cannot try to vote at a polling place.
Story
Archive |
| 11/1/2004 |
Voter challenges |
OH |
|
Jefferson County. Some challenged voters have not been notified that their registration has been challenged and their right to vote is in question. Names were merely published in a nearly unreadable list in the local paper.
Story |
| 10/31/2004 |
Deceptive practices |
OH |
|
Lake County. Some voters received a memo on bogus Board of Elections letterhead informing voters who registered through Democratic and NACCP drives that they could not vote. Election officials referred the matter to the sheriff.
Story
Archive
|
| 10/31/2004 |
Deceptive practices |
OH |
|
Cleveland, unknown volunteers began showing up at voters' doors illegally offering to collect and deliver completed absentee ballots to the election office.
Story
Archive |
| 10/31/2004 |
Deceptive practices |
OH |
|
Cleveland. Voters have been receiving phone calls incorrectly informing them that their polling place had changed.
Story
Archive |
| 10/31/2004 |
Voter challenges |
OH |
|
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. Republicans plan to put about 3,600 challengers in the polls across the state; Democrats plan slightly more than 2,000.
Story
Archive
|
| 10/30/2004 |
Animosity at polls |
OH |
|
In Cleveland, the police were called when members of a community group tried to deliver a letter to the Cuyahoga County Republican headquarters asking the party to withdraw challenges against voters. Punches were thrown at the front door and each side accused the other of assault, but the police could not determine who was at fault. Story
Archive |
| 10/30/2004 |
Election law |
OH |
|
Under election law, boards of elections cannot even begin counting provisional ballots until Nov. 13. Because that's a Saturday, many boards may wait until Nov. 15, the following Monday, to begin counting.
Story
|
| 10/30/2004 |
Voter challenges |
OH |
|
Thousands of Republican challengers will be stationed at precincts around the state, carrying lists of recent deaths and of absentee ballot voters, to ensure that no one votes twice. They plan to challenge many of the 23,000 voters on their list, as is allowed under Ohio law.
Story
Archive |
| 10/30/2004 |
Voter challenges |
OH |
|
Erie County. Voters challenged by the Republican party prove to the election board that they are legitimate.
Story
|
| 10/26/2004 |
Registration delays |
OH |
|
Cuyahoga County. The Cuyahoga County Board of Elections has botched the registrations of more than 10,000 voters, preventing them from heading to the ballot box next week, according to a lawsuit filed late Monday. Story
|
| 10/24/2004 |
Voter challenges |
OH |
|
GOP files excessive registration challenges. Story1 Story2 Archive1 |
| 10/23/2004 |
Voter challenges |
OH |
|
The Republican party took formal steps to place thousands of recruits inside polling places on Election Day to challenge the qualifications of voters they suspect are not eligible to cast ballots. Story Archive |
| 10/22/2004 |
Fraud |
OH |
|
Franklin County. Reports of about a dozen voters contacted by someone claiming to be from the county Board of Elections, telling them their voting location was changed. Story |
| 10/20/2004 |
Ballot printing |
OH |
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Cuyahoga County. Arrows on absentee ballots don't line up with the correct punch hole. "If absentee voters cast their vote by trying to line up the arrow with the punch card, they could punch the wrong number."
Story |
| 10/19/2004 |
Ballot printing |
OH |
|
Hamilton County. At least two absentee ballots did not include Kerry's name. Workers accidentally removed Kerry when removing Ralph Nader's name.
Story |
| 10/14/2004 |
Vote suppression |
OH |
|
Knox County. Long lines caused by 989 registered voters and only two machines.
Story |
| 10/8/2004 |
Registration fraud |
OH |
|
Hamilton County is investigating 19 registrations that may be for non-existent people. Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) turned in cards with similar handwriting and false addresses. Story |
