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This page contains links only from 2004 or earlier.

• Voting Machines (separate page)
• Election 2004
• Election 2002
• Miscellaneous News
• Commentary
• Senate Bill
• Election Center Task Force
• Democratic Party Initiatives
• National Commission on Federal Election Reform
• Florida

Election 2004

• External site: Vote Watch 2004 — Reports of vote/election fraud, vote suppression, voting irregularities, voter intimidation in Election 2004
• GOP demands IDs of 37,000 in city
  Greg J. Borowski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 30 October 2004
• Voters claim abuse of electoral rolls
  Greg Palast, London Observer, 31 October 2004
• GOP Arbitrarily Challenging Voter Registrations
  Jo Becker, Washington Post, 29 October 2004
• Election chief warns of absentee scam
  Stephen Hegarty, St. Petersburg Times, 22 October 2004

Election 2002

• Voter Probes Raise Partisan Suspicions
  Jo Becker and Dan Eggen, Washington Post, 20 September 2004
• Bush v. Gore and Electronic Voting Machines
  Professor Jack M. Balkin, Balkinization, 10 February 2003
• Voting System Integrity Flaw Discovered At Diebold Election Systems
  Bev Harris,The Scoop, 5 February 2003
• American Coup: Mid-Term Election Polls vs Actuals
  Alastair Thompson, The Scoop, 12 November 2002
• New MD Governor Accused of Promising Illegal Pay to Election-Day Campaigners
  WTOP Radio, Maryland, 15 November 2002
• Voting machine scandal upsets commissioners in two counties
  Deborah O'Neil, St. Petersburg Times, 8 November 2002
• Jeb Bush's secret weapon: the flawed 'felons purge' list
  Greg Palast, Salon, 1 November 2002
• Florida State Govt. Provides Too Few Voting Machines for Miami-Dade, Broward
  Thomas C. Tobin, spt, 2 November 2002
• Unsigned Fliers Posted in Baltimore Minority Neighborhoods Intended to Discourage Voting
  Howard Libit and Tim Craig, Baltimore Sun,4 November 2002
• Md. GOP Absentee Ballots Thrown Out
  NBC4.com, 1 November 2002
• Dems blast GOP efforts on voter fraud
  Jim Drinkard, USA Today, 23 October 2002
• Democratic Party Accuses G.O.P. of Intimidating Arkansas Voters
  Carl Hulse, New York Times, 23 October 2002

Miscellaneous News

• Senators Seek to Revive Voting Overhaul
  Katharine Q. Seelye, New York Times, 15 May 2001
• White House rejects election-reform request
  Jim Drinkard, USA Today, 21 March 2001

Commentary

• Common Cause Announces Initiative to Implement Findings of Carter-Ford Election Reform Commission
  press release, Common Cause, 3 August 2001
• Set aside money to fix voting mechanics
  editorial, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 29 July 2001

Senate Bill

• Ending Impasse, Senate Leaders Agree to Overhaul Nation's Voting Systems
  David E. Rosenbaum, New York Times, 14 December 2001

Election Center Task Force

• External site: Election Center
  Task Force composed of government employees whose profession is to serve in voter registration and elections administration.

Democratic Party Initiatives

• How to Make Over One Million Votes Disappear: Electoral Sleight of Hand in the 2000 Presidential Election
  Report from the Democratic Investigative Staff of the House Judiciary Committee, 20 August 2001

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• Democratic Election Study Calls for National Standards
  Katharine Q. Seelye, New York Times, 20 August 2001

National Commission on Federal Election Reform

• External site: Federal Election Reform Network
  Home page of the National Commission on Election Reform
• Reform and an Evolving Electorate
  Alex Keyssar, New York Times, 5 August 2001
• Ford, Carter to lead panel to study election reform
  Tom Squitieri, USA Today, 31 January 2001

Florida

• Voting Rights of Florida Felons Scrutinized After 2000 Election
  Abby Goodnough, New York Times, 27 March 2004
• ACLU lawsuit charges Florida election reform violates voting rights
  Jerry White, World Socialist Web Site, 24 August 2001
• Is Katherine Harris' office resisting Florida election reforms?
  Anthony York, Salon, 4 August 2001

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