August 22, 2008

Your Own Private Ohio: Seven Ways Your Vote Might Not Count This November

By Mary Mancini

Steven Rosenfeld author of Count My Vote: A Citizen’s Guide to Voting writes at Alternet, “Some of the most serious election protection problems can be discovered and fixed before the presidential voting begins.”

What voters often do not know is that long lines or delays in polling place voting can result from many factors — some administrative, some technical, some partisan. Many of the problems that arise on Election Day not only can be identified before voting in November, they can be resolved by election officials. The following issues will directly impact how voters are accommodated.

Read the entire piece for more info about, and solutions for, Voter Purges, Unprocessed Voter Registrations, Obstacles to Student Voting, Voting Machine Allocations, Poll Worker Shortages, Partisan Voter Challenges, Early Voting/Absentee Ballot Problems, and Solutions and Resources for Voters.

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