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A campaign of the Economic Human rights project |
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A progressive, non-partisan project protecting voting
rights through the provision of accurate and nuanced election information. |
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Truth in elections |
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Under construction Lots more to come. |
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This page contains information about
voting rights violations and the fairness of the 2004 Presidential
Election. Voter Suppression One way to improperly influence the
outcome of an election is by suppressing votes - keeping folks who would
likely not vote for your candidate from casting their ballots. · Former director of the Republican Party in Nevada,
Dan Burdish, filed a complaint to
remove 17,000 Democratic voters from the voter rolls because they had failed
to file a change of address. State law
does not require that voters file changes of addresses. In response to the question: “Why did you
do this?” Burdish replied “I am looking to take Democrats off the voter
rolls”. (1. Las Vegas Review-Journal
(Nevada), October 12, 2004 Tuesday, FINAL
EDITION, B;, Pg. 3B, 623 words, Challenge to 17,000
voters blocked, Erin Neff; 2. This American Life Radio Show, October 29,
2004, Cold-cock the vote, Jack Hitt) · Improper Registration Another way to improperly influence
the outcome of an election is by fraudulently filling the rolls with people
who will vote for your candidate, or by allowing people to vote more than
once. (Think Al Capone: “Vote early
and often”.) Reports using
Statistics One way to detect election fraud is
through the use of statistics. · Some statisticians at the University of California -
Berkeley report that irregularities associated with electronic voting
machines may have awarded 130,000 excess votes or more to President George W.
Bush in Florida. Click here to
read their report. Reports by
International Organizations • The
Organization for Security and Co-Operation in Europe sent election observers to the US for the Presidential
Election. Click here to read
their preliminary report. |
Voter Rights Violation Information
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