By DOUG GROSS
Associated Press Writer
November 5, 2004, 3:17 PM EST
ATLANTA -- A national voting rights group says 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 on 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.
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Doug, hellllo? Democracy as we know is gone. That's why democrats & indepentents kept insisting that we need to use old fashion voting system: paper ballot. So that's way republicans cannot cheat or steal but it happens again...
Associated Press Writer
November 5, 2004, 3:17 PM EST
ATLANTA -- A national voting rights group says 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 on 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.
More ... http://www.newsday.com/news/nationw...t,0,315608.story?coll=sns-ap-nation-headlines
Doug, hellllo? Democracy as we know is gone. That's why democrats & indepentents kept insisting that we need to use old fashion voting system: paper ballot. So that's way republicans cannot cheat or steal but it happens again...
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