Flaws in US electoral system surface anew
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Four years after a closely fought US presidential election was decided by the Supreme Court, the structural problems plaguing the way Americans pick the world's most powerful leader have once again become all too evident.
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The US government is ill-prepared to address allegations of voting fraud should they arise during next month's presidential and legislative elections, a congressional report concluded.
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If you think the country is divided and rancorous about the presidential contest, try polling a few experts about the accuracy and security of electronic voting.
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Six U.S. states participating in Super Tuesday primary elections are at high risk for voting-machine malfunction or tampering because they don&#39;t have paper backups, according to a report released by the Verified Voting Foundation and Common Cause.
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Poor software design, serious IT management inefficiencies and an untested deployment of a critical application were all major factors in last month&#8217;s Election Day problems in Denver, according to a scathing report from an IT consultant. The problems led to hours-long delays for voters looking to cast ballots and raised questions about the overall efficacy of e-voting.
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By Jennifer Davies, The San Diego Union-Tribune  Jun. 22--From hanging chads to computer glitches that mysteriously lose  thousands of votes, Lori Steele figures there has to be a better way to run  elections.
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They have watched elections in the Balkans, in Asia and South Africa, but the complexity of the US presidential election every four years is enough to give a headache to even the most seasoned international observer.
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Flawed voting arrangements mean Florida faces another election farce, says former US President Jimmy Carter.
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The most closely monitored vote in US election history failed to iron out all the glitches, with complaints ranging from misdirected voters to malfunctioning polling machines and even slashed tires.
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Some voters say machines indicated they had voted for a different candidate.
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Lawsuits, missing absentee ballots and  accusations of bias -- from afar Tuesday's presidential  election in Florida already looks like the Third World-style  fiasco of 2000 that everyone wanted to avoid.
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A House committee chairman and an election official on Thursday punched holes in the notion that paper records will solve the problems with new electronic voting machines.
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The widely publicized failure in Prince George's County to electronically transmit results from many polls after the Sept. 12 primary was compounded by a host of other errors, including failure to swiftly collect the data cards on which some votes are recorded and to properly secure voting machines.
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A look at problems at the polls in recent elections.
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Memories of Florida's contested 2000 presidential election and a growing number of pre-election lawsuits are making Americans skeptical about a voting process they once took for granted.
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Voters living abroad face an unwieldy system of absentee balloting that could prevent their votes from being counted.
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In several battleground states across the country, a consulting firm funded by the Republican National Committee has been accused of deceiving would-be voters and destroying Democratic voter registration cards.