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“The notion of stolen elections is something we assign to
Third World countries but not this beacon of freedom and
democracy that we like to view
ourselves as.”
Bernie Ellis, Election integrity activist
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Exit Poll Discrepancies in 2004
“Nearly all the experts are in agreement that the exit
polls could not have been so far off that they gave such
distorted results. It’s far more rational that the voting
process was compromised.”
Rep. John Conyers, Chair, House Judiciary Committee
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“Jim Crow” Voter Suppression in the 21st
Century
“The targeting of people of color is very political and
very computerized.”
Harvey Wasserman, Journalist & author
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Undervoting
“When you see 42%, 70% and 80% undervotes in a
precinct in this election, you know that’s not real. There’s
something desperately not right.”
Marybeth Kuznik, Pennsylvania poll worker
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Electronic Voting
“With all these [electronic] machines, you can alter the
outcome of a national election in a way that is just
unprecedented in terms of its reach and the power to really
play around.”
Andrew Gumbel, Journalist & author, “Steal This
Vote”
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Privatization of our Election Process
“Voters should not have to rely on any private company
for the security and the fundamental fairness of their
election system… The further you go into privatizing this
activity of running elections, the more you lose control
over the very core of our democracy.”
Lowell Finley, Deputy Secretary of State, California
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Provisional Ballots
“On Election Day, I went to my polling place and was told
that my name wasn’t on the register. [But] I voted here in
the primary. And they said ‘Well, you can sign
a provisional ballot.’ Come to find out later, I followed
up - my vote was never counted.”
Bobby Jackson, Ohio resident
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