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Congress Called on to Fix Problems
Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 06/19/2005 - 9:10pm.
By ANN McFEATTERS / BLADE WASHINGTON BUREAU CHIEF / June 12, 2005
http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050612/NEWS09/506120350/-1/NEWS
WASHINGTON — Nearly five years after the 2000 election chaos, angry citizen groups are still storming Capitol Hill demanding change, task forces and special commissions are still churning out reports on fraud, and lawmakers are still vowing "never again" will America show the world elections marred by voting irregularities.
Because of the widespread lack of confidence in the vote count of 2000, two years later Congress passed the Help America Vote Act and appropriated $3 billion to improve the system.
But that was followed by the voting problems of 2004, which resulted in long lines at some polling stations, thousands of discarded challenged ballots, and massive confusion in many precincts. There were more hearings in Congress and more studies and commissions on how to reform the way America votes.
The problems with voting machines, voting procedures, identification, and timing of elections have spawned an industry of election-reform experts who have set up Web sites, newsletters, activist groups, and lobbying efforts all in the pursuit of change.
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