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Thursday, October 09, 2008
Law - Voting Access In 10 Key States
NPR's Fresh Air had this story yesterday:
A new report issued by the nonpartisan advocacy group Common Cause gauges the voting infrastructure in 10 swing states. The results? While Florida, Georgia and Virginia score poorly on voting administration, Ohio, a state plagued by hours-long voting lines in 2004, has shown marked improvement. Wisconsin also scores well.Access the 108-page report here. A quote:
In this report, we examine what, if any, progress has been made since 2006 in seven battleground states: Florida, Georgia, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. We also have added three states to our survey, Colorado, New Mexico, and Virginia, whose new status as possible swing states—and potential for election administration difficulties—have made them newly relevant to our survey. We have broadened the list of issues we are examining, and looked in greater depth at poll worker training and recruitment, student voting rights, and voter education. Other criteria we examine include laws and policies regarding voter registration and statewide databases, voter identification, challenge laws, deceptive practices, provisional ballots, and allocation of voting machines.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on October 9, 2008 09:43 AM
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