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Ärende: Voting
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Now the democrats want to get rid of touch screen voting machines.  In 
the prior election they wanted them.  I want them to keep talking this 
way in 2008..

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-
dyn/content/article/2005/06/22/AR2005062201895_pf.html

Democrats find 2004 voting problems in Ohio

Reuters
Wednesday, June 22, 2005; 6:23 PM



WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More than a quarter of voters, and more than half 
of black voters, experienced problems at Ohio polling places during the 
2004 presidential vote, a Democratic Party report said on Wednesday.

But the problems were not enough to have changed the outcome in the 
state that put President Bush over the top in his battle for the White 
House with Democratic Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts, it concluded.

The report cited long lines that discouraged voting, poorly trained 
election officials and difficulties with registration status, polling 
locations and absentee ballots.

Nearly one quarter of Ohio voters felt their experience in 2004 had left 
them less confident about the reliability of elections in the state, 
according to the analysis.

"The data clearly indicates that the system failed far too many Ohio 
voters," said Donna Brazile, chairwoman of the Democratic National 
Committee's Voting Rights Institute and the project's leader.

Republican National Committee Chairman Ken Mehlman called the report 
"pure political fiction."

Ohio, which the Republican president won by about 126,000 votes out of 
5.4 million votes cast, has been the focus of numerous allegations about 
voting problems and charges by some Democrats of voter fraud.

The study said it found no evidence to support claims of voter fraud to 
shift votes from Kerry to Bush, saying the pattern of voting for Kerry 
was similar to the pattern of voting for the 2002 Democratic candidate 
for governor.

Democrats said the analysis by election experts was not designed to 
question the results in Ohio, but to determine the extent of the problem 
and possible solutions.

The report presented to Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard 
Dean proposed 23 modifications in election practices, including adoption 
of clear standards for voter registration, creation of statewide voter 
lists and elimination of "touch screen" voting machines.


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