Chapter 6 — Pitfalls Of Statewide Voter Registration Databases

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| 8 — Voting Problems In The 2002 Elections | 9 — Voting Problems In The 2003 Elections |

| 10 — Voting Problems In The 2004 Elections | 11 — Voting Problems In The 2005 Elections | 12 — Voting Problems In The 2006 Elections |

| 13 — Voting Problems In The 2007 Elections | 14 — Voting Problems In The 2008 Elections | 15 — Election Web Sites And Problems |

"The centralization of state voter registries hands an all-too-tempting monopoly to whichever party controls the office of secretary of state. The highly technical (and, where contractors are involved, commercially confidential) nature of computer-aided purges makes bias in the cleansing of supposed felons, deceased voters and duplicate voters astonishingly easy to carry out and difficult to uncover.

Even uncovered, apparent bias is difficult to challenge.

After all, one man's overzealous purge is another man's inauguration."

Greg Palast

The Best Democracy Money Can Buy, p. 80, 2004

Essays

Accenture — Epitome Of Incompetence

Thousands Of Ineligible Voters Are Still Registered by Thomas Hargrove

Ex-Con Game: How Florida's 'Felon' Voter-Purge Was Itself Felonious by Greg Palast

Many Counties Have Highly Inaccurate Voter Lists by Thomas Hargrove

Vanishing Votes by Gregory Palast

How To Steal An Election by Jeff Jacoby

An Election Spoiled Rotten by Greg Palast

Phantom Voters by Terje Langeland

Communication Glitch Delays Early Voting At Some Broward County, Florida, Sites

Missouri Violates Federal Voter Registration Laws by Mark Morris and Tim Hoover

Colorado's Second Try At Voter Registration Database, SCORE II