Ghosts in the voting machines
In These Times
by Joel Bleifuss
12/29/05
Concerned about reports of election fraud and vote suppression in the 2004 election, Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.), the ranking Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, asked the Government Accountability Office (GAO), the investigative arm of Congress, to examine the allegations. In September, the GAO released a report that found electronic voting systems 'have caused local problems in federal elections -- resulting in the loss or miscount of votes.' In the 2004 general election, about 64 percent of voters cast ballots on one of two types of electronic voting systems: optical scan systems, which read marked paper ballots, and direct recording electronic systems (DRE), which have a touchscreen that voters use to make their choice...
http://www.inthesetimes.com/site/main/article/2452/
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
by Joel Bleifuss
12/29/05
Concerned about reports of election fraud and vote suppression in the 2004 election, Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.), the ranking Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, asked the Government Accountability Office (GAO), the investigative arm of Congress, to examine the allegations. In September, the GAO released a report that found electronic voting systems 'have caused local problems in federal elections -- resulting in the loss or miscount of votes.' In the 2004 general election, about 64 percent of voters cast ballots on one of two types of electronic voting systems: optical scan systems, which read marked paper ballots, and direct recording electronic systems (DRE), which have a touchscreen that voters use to make their choice...
http://www.inthesetimes.com/site/main/article/2452/
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
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