In the wake of a landmark survey showing that registration problems blocked as many as 3 million eligible voters from casting ballots last November, lawmakers on Capitol Hill are hunting once again for ways to fix the broken election system.
The most likely targets for legislative action this year are voter registration and the obstacles that snarl the absentee ballot process for millions of
View Entire Article HereMillions of voters did not cast a ballot in the 2008 presidential election because they encountered registration problems or failed to receive absentee ballots.
Four million to five million voters did not cast a ballot in the 2008 presidential election because they encountered registration problems or failed to receive absentee ballots, which is roughly the same number of voters who encountered such problems in the 2000 election, according to an academic study to be presented to the Senate Rules Committee on Wednesday.
Northampton County won a nearly $2 million judgement Friday against a company that sold it faulty voting machines in 2006.
Just don't look for the county to collect the money any time soon.
View Entire Article HereBy MaryClaire Dale, The Associated Press
Several voter-rights groups filed suit Thursday to seek emergency paper ballots for Pennsylvania voters in the event that electronic machines break down.
The groups want paper ballots to be available on Election Day if more than half of the voting machines at a given polling place malfunction. Otherwise, voters are often left to endure long lines, they said.
"People should be able to exercise their right to vote without waiting in line for hours or being told to go home and come back later," said John Bonifaz, legal director of Voter Action, a national voter advocacy group that is one of several plaintiffs.
By Paul Nyden, The Charleston Gazette
Martinsburg man says machine switched Democratic vote to Republican 5 times
Roger Belozier, a veteran and retired postal worker from Berkeley County, experienced problems with electronic voting machines when he went to vote early in the Martinsburg courthouse.
"I reviewed my vote to make sure it was a straight Democratic ticket. But it switched my vote to Republican candidates five different times. I was able to cancel out the Republican votes.
"But I am scratching my head. Why did the machine switch my votes five different times? I asked someone to come over and explain it to me," Belozier said on Wednesday.
