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Election Problem Log - 2004 to 2009
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VotersUnite! began this problem log with the November 2004 election. It continued its compilation of problems reported in the media by adding news stories about subsequent elections, through 2009. See also: Failures by vendor and Failures by state.
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State
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Vendor
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Description
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| 11/2/2004 |
Provisional ballots |
PA |
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Allegheny County. Dozens of precincts ran out -- or ran low on provisional ballots -- this afternoon. Voters were turned away.
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| 10/31/2004 |
Deceptive practices |
PA |
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Allegheny County. Fliers were handed out at a Pittsburgh area mall and mailed to an unknown number of homes. The flier, distributed on bogus but official-looking stationery with a county letterhead, told voters that "due to immense voter turnout expected on Tuesday," the election had been extended. Republicans should vote Tuesday, Nov. 2, it said and Democrats on Wednesday. A criminal investigation has been launched.
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| 10/31/2004 |
Voter challenges |
PA |
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In Philadelphia, Republicans planned to contest 10,000 registered voters who were sent letters by the GOP but whose letters came back undelivered. When The Philadelphia Inquirer asked for the list, the GOP provided just six names and addresses, with photos of vacant lots or buildings.
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| 10/28/2004 |
Election law |
PA |
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A recent change in election law did away with the Election Day appeals process. Now, with some registration groups not turning in voter registrations, victims of this registration fraud have no recourse but to cast a provisional ballot, but the ballot will only count if the voter is properly registered. Story Archive |
| 10/21/2004 |
Registration fraud |
PA |
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Meadville. Sproul and Associates of Chandler, Arizona, was hired by the Republican National Committee to canvass Pennsylvania and register new voters. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette is reporting that some canvassers claim they were given instructions to avoid adding anyone to the voter rolls who might support the Democratic presidential nominee.
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| 10/17/2004 |
Election law |
PA |
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Write-in votes for president must write-in the correctly spelled names of 21 electors, not the name of the presidential candidate. "State elections officials have authorized seven voting systems, including machines that the state knew could not handle multiple write-ins, but certified them anyway, according to Bellman, the Berk's County elections boss."
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| 10/8/2004 |
Registration fraud |
PA |
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Berks County. Director of elections Bellman said his office has had numerous calls from people who were registered through a group called the Association Communication Organization for Reform Now (ACORN), complaining that those taking down the voter information deliberately put inaccurate information on the form. Bellman said he also received a batch of registrations from Citizens for Consumer Justice in Allentown that contained several hundred forms, including ones that have been held since July and ones with fictitious names and addresses and even wrong counties. Story
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| 11/4/2000 |
Accessibility |
PA |
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Reported to VotersUnite from Montgomery County: I recently had foot surgery and I am unable to put any weight on it. When I went to vote at the West Norriton administrative building on Marshall St., it was very difficult for me to enter the polling place. When I was leaving one worker came over to me and told me about a ramp I could use. I feel that others may not know about the ramp and will be unable to vote. On the county website, it says that all polling places are wheelchair accessible. Perhaps there shoud be a sign showing the way to the ramp or someone directing people that way. |
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