Author: Zaroc StoneZaroc Stone Date: Sep 11, 2008 07:18
2008 Season of Voting Meltdowns Begins
By Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet. Posted September 11, 2008.
Across the country, problems with voter rolls, voting machines and
partisan tactics point to trouble in November.
The chaos of the 2008 election has begun -- suggesting voting in
November will be messy in many ways, in many states.
Across the country in recent days, newspapers, broadcasters and blogs
have reported a dizzying array of potential problems that likely will
complicate voting, if not confound voters, in the upcoming
presidential election. The problems contain elements of the three
major categories of ills affecting U.S. elections: bad management, bad
technology and partisan treachery. Just how or if these issues are
resolved remains to be seen.
Consider the following examples:
In New Jersey, state officials told 300,000 people that they were not
registered to vote. However, new reports say an unknown number of
those contacted were properly registered voters.
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