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ACTFORCHANGE ACTIVISM UPDATE: November 10, 2004

Investigate Electronic Voting Machines

Now that November 2 has come and gone, some disturbing reports of problems with electronic voting machines have surfaced.

For example:

In Columbus, Ohio, an electronic voting system reported that Bush received 4,258 votes while Kerry received 260 votes in a precinct where records show only 638 voters cast ballots;
In North Carolina, a machine lost more than 4,500 votes due to a mistaken assumption about the memory capacity of a computer;
In Youngstown, Ohio, and South Florida, numerous voters complained that when they tried to cast votes for Kerry, the machines instead recorded their votes for Bush.
All in all, more than 30,000 complaints have been gathered from across the country. In the midst of such turmoil, it's crucial that an independent authoritative investigation be undertaken to sort this all out.

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Pass Meaningful Election Reform

While the 2004 election experienced an increased turnout that should be celebrated, the 2004 election was also flawed by far too many obstacles to full participation.


Our national elections are run via a mishmash of local, city and state regulations and agencies, so that voters in one state are subject to different rules than voters elsewhere. While Congress passed the Help America Vote Act as a first step toward election reform, November 2 demonstrated that much more is needed. Congress should make the passage of meaningful election reform the first order of business during the upcoming November special session.