GAO Voting problems in 10 swing states

Report: Voting problems in several swing states
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New report finds voting problems in states up for grabs this year

Report says 10 states are at risk, including Ohio, Virginia, Wisconsin

Problems listed include lack of voting machines and registration glitches


From Kitty Pilgrim
CNN Anchor/Correspondent


(CNN) -- A new Government Accountability Office report on voting system testing finds that the Election Assistance Commission has not notified election officials across the country about electronic voting machine failures.


A line of voters cast their ballots in the primary March 4 in Columbus, Ohio.

And a new study by Common Cause and the Century Foundation finds that 10 very vital swing states have significant voting problems that have not been addressed since the last election.

Those 10 states, according to Common Cause, are Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, Missouri, New Mexico, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Wisconsin.

In Colorado, 20,000 left polling places without voting in 2006 because of crashed computer registration machines and long lines. And this election day, Colorado will have another new registration system.

"You know, Colorado is two years behind many states in implementing a statewide voter database. ... This is a new system, and there's just a lot of unknowns as to whether or not voters will be successful," said Jenny Flanagan of Common Cause.

The problems listed in the report range from not enough voting machines to glitches with electronic registration poll books. Read the report
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/18/voting.problems/index.html