Summary of Election Problems by State (and counties) for selected counties in each state where a search was made of the EIRS election day hotline reports database for selected topics and key words. Not all states have been summarized here, and a complete search/analysis of each state database of reports has not been done.

Alabama Election Problems

Birmingham (Malfeasance by poll workers and voter suppression of minorities, misinformation, broken machines, long lines, registration problems, provisional ballot problems) http://www.flcv.com/birmingh.html

Montgomery (polling place problems, long lines, failure to allow provisional, registration problems, absentee ballot problems)

Tuscaloosa (Minority college students not allowed to vote in Tuscaloosa, polling place privacy problems, registration problems)

Mobile (voter intimidation, registration problems, absentee ballot problems)

Morgan County (native American registration problems)

Limestone County (Polling place problems, touch screen malfunction and incorrect ballot, purges)

Note: EP not very active in small states that weren’t contested

Student Voting Problems http://www.flcv.com/studentv.html

Arizona Election Problems

Maricopa County (Dirty Tricks & Malfeasance to Reduce Dem Vote;

Absentee Ballot Irregularities & Very Long Lines/Polling place problems, Registration problems, student voting problems) http://www.flcv.com/maricopa.html

Pima County, Arizona (Systematic Dirty Tricks, registration problems, provisional ballot problems, absentee ballot problems) http://www.flcv.com/pimaA.html

Student Voting Problems http://www.flcv.com/studentv.html

California Election Problems http://www.flcv.com/californ.html

Los Angeles (Machine problems, polling place problems, registration misfeasance)

(see below)

Orange County touch screen defaults, suppression

http://www.flcv.com/orangets.html

Alameda County(machines not working, voters get provisional ballots, touch screen switching in Presidential race) (see below)

Riverside County (Touchscreen switching in Presidential race)

Sacramento County (touch screen malfunctions, long lines) (see below)

Napa County (touch screen problems)

Problems in more counties

San Diego. A judge ruled to ignore the votes of thousands of voters who neglected to fill in a bubble beside their “write-in vote” for Donna Frye for mayor. She got the most votes but wasn’t named the winner. http://www.votersunite.org/article.asp?id=3965

Colorado Election Problems http://www.flcv.com/colorado.html

Denver (polling place problems, long lines, confusion regarding proper poll place, out-dated registration list, malfeasance and registration irregularities to reduce minority votes; misfeasance by judges and poll workers, many absentee and provisional ballot irregularities) http://www.flcv.com/denver.html

El Paso County (Colorado Springs) [Polling place problems, long lines, poll worker misfeasance, registration problems, provisional and absentee ballot problems]

Adams County [Registration and provisional ballot problems, dirty tricks, misfeasance by poll workers and election judges, confusion about polling places, absentee ballot problems]

Arapahoe County [Dirty tricks, Registration problems, misfeasance by poll workers, judges, absentee ballot problems]

Jefferson County [ Touchscreen switching, Registration/Provisional ballot problems,

Misfeasance by poll workers and election judges improperly not allowing many to vote or use provisional ballot, absentee ballot problems]

Boulder County [possible fraud/malfeasance/misfeasance by poll workers and judges machine problems, voter suppression, absentee ballot problems, election process violates ballot secrecy]

Larimer County [absentee ballot problems, computer for processing voters down at some locations, no one could vote]

Douglas County [Registration problems, early closings]

Park County [ some voters turned away improperly regarding type of ID needed, etc.}

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Florida Election Problems

(Widespread touch screen machine vote switching from Democratic to Republican in large coastal touch screen counties, widespread systematic dirty tricks affecting minority voters and students, polling place problems, polling place changes in minority precincts without notification, too few machines in minority precincts, broken machines, poll place confusion, alleged manipulation of registrations, absentees, provisionals to reduce Democratic vote, DMV registration problems, statistical studies suggest that hundreds of thousands of votes may have been lost or shifted due to election irregularities) http://www.flcv.com/fraudpat.html

Broward County Election Problems

http://www.flcv.com/browardo.html

Widespread touch screen switching from Kerry to Bush and likewise in U.S. Senate race: http://www.flcv.com/EIRSFla.html

[Voter Suppression(Broken machines, too few machines in minority precincts, long lines, polling place changes and identification problems with inadequate notice and education, widespread systematic dirty tricks in minority precincts to cause minorities to vote in wrong precinct and lose their vote, malfeasance and/or misfeasance by officials and poll workers regarding correct polling places and election rights, malfeasance and/or misfeasance regarding registrations, absentee ballots, and provisional ballots. Resulting in as much as 100,000 lost votes or misvotes.]

Palm Beach County, Florida Election Problems http://www.flcv.com/palmbeao.html

Widespread Touch Screen Vote Switching from Kerry to Bush in many precincts of Palm Beach, Broward, Dade, and other touch screen counties http://www.flcv.com/EIRSFla.html

http://www.flcv.com/fraudpat.html

Also: broken machines/too few machines in minority precincts/long lines, widespread systematic dirty tricks to confuse minority voters regarding the proper precinct to vote in, with inadequate information or misinformation from officials and poll workers regarding proper polling place- resulting in widespread confusion regarding proper polling place; suppression of minorities and democratic voters by manipulation or misfeasance regarding registrations, absentee ballots, and provisional ballots. Large numbers of eligible especially minority voters were not allowed to vote due to dirty tricks and malfeasance/misfeasance, and there were large numbers of misvotes due to faulty and unreliable equipment, manipulation, glitches/switching, and lack of understanding of how to vote on touch screens.

Dade County Election Problems http://www.flcv.com/dadeo.html

Voter Suppression(Touchscreen switching votes, Broken machines, too few machines in minority precincts, long lines, polling place changes and identification problems with inadequate notice and education, widespread systematic dirty tricks in minority precincts to cause minorities to vote in wrong precinct and lose their vote, malfeasance and/or misfeasance by officials and poll workers regarding correct polling places and election rights, malfeasance and/or misfeasance regarding registrations, absentee ballots, and provisional ballots. Resulting in as much as 75,000 lost votes or misvotes.

Hillsboro County Election Problems http://www.flcv.com/hillsboo.html

Voter suppression: (Touch screen switching from Democrats to Republicans, Polling place problems, broken machines, too few machines in minority precincts, long lines, systematic dirty tricks to confuse minority voters and cause them to vote provisionally in wrong precinct, malfeasance or misfeasance by poll workers regarding helping voters with correct precincts and voters rights, problems with registrations, absentees, provisionals. Large numbers of votes of eligible voters prevented and misvotes due to election problems.

Pinellas County(Systematic dirty tricks affecting students and minorities, polling place problems, too few machines in some precincts, broken machines, long lines, registration problems, absentee ballot problems, registered at DMV but not on rolls, not allowed to vote because requested absentee but never received, suggestions of voter suppression, misfeasance or malfeasance

Pinellas County Election Problems http://www.flcv.com/pinellao.html

(Touch Screen Switching from Kerry to Bush, Systematic dirty tricks affecting students and minorities, polling place problems, too few machines in some precincts, broken machines, long lines, registration problems, absentee ballot problems, registered at DMV but not on rolls, not allowed to vote because requested absentee but never received, suggestions of voter suppression, misfeasance or malfeasance

Sarasota County (Switching from Dem to Repub in presidential and U.S. Senate races, dirty tricks, vote fraud,) http://www.flcv.com/suncoast.html

Pasco County Election Problems http://www.flcv.com/suncoaso.html

(Touch screen switching presidential vote, systematic dirty tricks affecting students and minority voters, voter intimidation, registration problems)

Lee County Election Problems http://www.flcv.com/suncoaso.html

(Touch screen switching votes, dirty tricks, long lines in early voting, registration problems)

Orange County Election Problems http://www.flcv.com/orangeo.html

Polling place problems, machines down, too few machines and poll workers in some precincts, very long lines in many precincts, partisan officials and poll workers, registration problems, absentee ballot problems, DMV registration system problems, improper purging of voter rolls, unable to vote because officials indicated they requested absentee ballot even though they never received them, misfeasance and malfeasance)

Duval County Election Problems http://www.flcv.com/duvalo.html

(Widespread dirty tricks, Voter suppression-apparently especially minorities, many polling place problems, Poll Confusion, poor notification and signage regarding polling places, failure to notify voters of proper polling place, broken machines, too few machines or poll workers in some precincts, long lines, misinformation to voters, voter suppression, DMV registration problems, improper purging of vote rolls, Absentee ballot irregularities)

Collier County Election Problems http://www.flcv.com/suncoaso.html

(Systematic dirty tricks, registration problems, denial of vote for no picture ID)

Escambia County Election Problems http://www.flcv.com/suncoaso.html

(Misfeasance, polling place, registration, and absentee problems)

Brevard County (Systematic dirty tricks affecting mostly minority precincts, polling place problems, suppression) http://www.flcv.com/brevardo.html

Leon County (Systematic dirty tricks affecting students and mionrity voters, machine problems, poll worker misfeasance) http://www.flcv.com/leono.html

Volusia County (Dirty tricks, machine problems & long lines, suppression of minorities), alleged compiler fraud) http://www.flcv.com/volusiao.html

Alachua County(Systematic dirty tricks affecting students and minorities, registration problems)

Student Voting Problems http://www.flcv.com/studentv.html

Georgia Election Problems http://www.flcv.com/georgia.html

Fulton County and DeKalb County, Georgia

[Touch screen default from Dem to Repub, Dirty Tricks in minority precincts

Polling Place Problems, Too few machines and major machine problems, especially in minority precincts, long lines, polling place confusion, registration problems, provisional and absentee ballot problems] [Touchscreens able to identify a person’s vote, violation of

Georgia Constitution]

Clayton County, Georgia [Touch screen switching from Kerry to Bush, Polling Place Problems/two few machines in minority precincts/Voters not informed of correct polling place/long lines/ many voters not allowed to vote/ suppression of minority voters/misinformation by officials and poll workers/voter intimidation]

http://www.flcv.com/claytong.html

Cobb County [Touch screen switching from Kerry to Bush]

Douglas County [Touch screen switching from Kerry to Bush]

Liberty County [Touch screen switching from Kerry to Bush]

Twiggs and Hancock Counties (machine problems forced use of provisional paper ballots in the morning in all precincts of Twiggs County and most precincts in Hancock County)

Walker County (improper programming of touch screen encoders caused malfunction and long delays in processing votes, long lines at the polls)

Beaufort County (machine malfunction and long lines in several precincts)

Voters with Hispanic surnames challenged in 3 Georgia counties

Gwinnett, Cobb and many other counties ( Long lines and long delays determining voter eligibility due to inability to communicate with state registration data base)

Illinois Election Problems http://www.flcv.com/illinois.html

Student Voting Problems http://www.flcv.com/studentv.html

Indiana Election Problems http://www.flcv.com/indiana.html

(Straight Dem ticket vote isn’t counted for Dem president choice, voter/student suppression, long lines, registration and polling place irregularities, lost registrations,etc.)

(Marion, Lake, Franklin, Monroe, Hamilton, Tippaconoe, St Joseph’s counties)

Iowa Election Problems http://www.flcv.com/iowa.html

(Registration problems, early poll closings, systematic (illegal) dirty tricks, suppression of student voters, malfeasance )

Kentucky Election Problems http://www.flcv.com/kentucky.html

(TS switching, machine problems, suppression of minority voters, absentee problems)

Henry County Touch screen Vote Switching from Dem to Repub

Louisiana Election Problems http://www.flcv.com/neworlea.html

( suppression, machine problems, student voting problems)

http://www.flcv.com/studentv.html

Maryland Election Problems http://www.flcv.com/maryland.html

Baltimore (Touch screen switching votes from Kerry to Bush)

Montgomery County (Touch screen switching votes from Kerry to Bush)

Harford County (Touch screen switching votes from Kerry to Bush)

Prince George’s County (Touch screen switching votes from Kerry to Bush)

Total (17 cases reported to TrueVoteMD.org)

Baltimore ( polling place problems in minority precincts, long lines, too few and broken machines, suppression, provisional ballot problems)

Prince George’s County (Broken machines, long lines, minority voter suppression)

Montgomery County (Polling Place Problems/long lines/absentee ballot problems)

Student voting problems http://www.flcv.com/studentv.html

Michigan Election Problems http://www.flcv.com/michigan.html

Wayne County(Detroit) [ widespread systematic dirty tricks, registration fraud(cards not turned in by organizations), polling place problems, long lines, broken machines, Straight ticket confusion & poll worker misfeasance, voter suppression)

Ganesee County (Flint) (Dirty Tricks)

Oakland County (Pontiac) (Polling place confusion/long lines, registration problems)

Student voting problems http://www.flcv.com/studentv.html

Mississippi Election Problems http://www.flcv.com/mississi.html

Missouri Election Problems http://www.flcv.com/missouri.html

Straight ticket ballot defaults cost many voters their Presidential vote.

St Louis (possible vote fraud, ballot & machine problems, long lines, late opening poll places, straight ticket voting problems, provisional and absentee ballot problems)

http://www.flcv.com/StLouis.html

Jackson County, Missouri(straight Dem party ticket defaults, registration problems, denial of provisional ballots, voter suppression,long lines)

http://www.flcv.com/JacksonM.html

Cass & Clay Counties(Registration Problems/Voter Suppression of minorities/voter intimidation)

Nevada Election Problems (Las Vegas & Reno) http://www.flcv.com/nevada.html

(malfeasance/potential fraud/polling place problems, broken machines, some poorly signed or lights, long lines, intimidation at some precincts, DMV registration problems, many registration problems, provisional ballot problems, absentee ballot problems, systematic dirty tricks to confuse minority voters about correct polling site, misinformation by poll workers regarding polling place, etc.)

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New Mexico Election Problems http://www.flcv.com/newmex.html

Reports of widespread systematic dirty tricks and misinformation and manipulation by election officials to reduce the vote of minority Indians and Hispanics in heavily minority majority precincts. Phantom votes(more votes than voters) in some counties, and touch screen machine switching of vote in the presidential and other races.

http://shadowbox.i8.com/newmex.pdf

http://www.helpamericarecount.org/NewMexicoData/NewMexicoGeneralElection.pdf
http://www.flcv.com/bernalil.html
http://www.flcv.com/fraudpat.html

North Carolina Election Problems http://www.flcv.com/northcar.html

(Straight party ticket voters don’t get vote counted for President, resulting large number of undervotes in some counties, dirty tricks, major problems with touchscreen malfunction and glitches throughout the state leave many races winner in doubt)

Mecklenburg County(possible vote fraud, straight party vote loses presidential vote if not separately voted, many unaware and lost vote; long lines, polling place problems, intimidation of minority voters, voter suppression, registration, provisional, and absentee problems, malfeasance by poll workers)

http://www.flcv.com/mecklen.html

Wake County(machine problems/glitch/polling place problems/misfeasance by poll workers/possible fraud/dirty tricks/straight party ticket default loses presidential vote if not voted separately/ registration problems/voter suppression/absentee ballot problems)

http://www.flcv.com/wakeconc.html

Durham County( possible fraud/malfeasance, polling place problems, dirty tricks, straight party ticket loses presidential vote, poll location changes without notification, voter suppression, registration, provisional, and absentee problems)

Forsyth County ( Polling place problems/very long lines/long wait/early closings/machine problems/ Registration problems/Provisional problems/appearance of malfeasance by pollworkers/straight party ticket vote loses president vote if not voted separately) http://www.flcv.com/othernc.html

Carteret Couty(machine malfunction/glitch lost over 4000 votes/have to redo election)

Gaston County(Polling place problems/long lines/voters not allowed to use restrooms/malfeasance/suppression of minority voters/major machine glitches/possible fraud)

Craven County

Dirty Tricks & registration problems/major machine problems/glitches/recount changed winner in one race after glitch votes removed

Burke County (touchscreen undervotes more than 10% of voters, apparently most due to straight party voters losing presidential vote)

Guilford County(touchscreen glitches caused vote errors amounting to thousands of votes including Kerry losing 22,000 votes until investigated and corrected)

Yadkin County(approximately 1000 votes were counted twice by compiler)

Alamance County(all voters with Hispanic surname subjected to challenge)

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Ohio Election Problems

Mahoning County http://www.flcv.com/mahonts.html

Some Touch Screen machines switch vote from Kerry to Bush

Some Touch Screen machines switch vote from Kerry to blank

Some Touch Screen machine freeze/many switching or freezing/Long lines

(long lines, dirty tricks, registration, absentee, and provisional irregularities)

http://www.flcv.com/mahonot.html

Franklin County http://www.flcv.com/franklin.html

( touch screen vote switching & glitches, not enough machines and broken machines, long lines, widespread dirty tricks in minority precincts, misfeasance, malfeasance: manipulation of absentee and provisional votes)

Lucas County http://www.flcv.com/lucasoh.html

(misinformation by officials/poll workers on where to vote, confusion,malfeasance and machine problems, long lines in minority precincts, many absentee and provisional problems, appearance of fraud)

Cuyahoga County(Polling place problems, long line, machine problems, Voter Suppression, widespread dirty tricks & malfeasance to reduce minority vote, cause votes in wrong precinct)

http://www.flcv.com/cuyahovs.html

http://www.flcv.com/cuyahoga.html

http://www.flcv.com/cuyahodt.html

http://www.flcv.com/cuyahopb.html

Montgomery County Election Problems http://www.flcv.com/montgomo.html

(Long lines and polling place irregularities, dirty tricks, registration problems, absentee ballot and provisional ballot problems, suppression of minorities, possible fraud)

Hamilton County http://www.flcv.com/hamilton.html

(A machine problem prevents vote for Kerry, dirty tricks and apparent misinformation/malfeasance to reduce minority vote through registrations, absentees, provisionals)

Delaware County http://www.flcv.com//delaware.html

(report of election fraud, polling place problems, dirty tricks, misinformation from poll workers and officials caused voters to vote provisionally in wrong precinct)

Summit County http://www.flcv.com/summitoh.html

(machine problems, long lines, dirty tricks and misinformation/malfeasance in minority precints cause loss of vote for minority voters regarding absentee & provisional ballots

Other Ohio Counties http://www.flcv.com/ohiocnty.html

Fairfield County (Long lines, dirty tricks & suppression, official bias)

Greene County (long lines, apparent suppression of students and minorities-registration and voting)

Knox County (extremely long lines, suppression of students and minorities-9 hour wait)

Trumbull County (appearance of bias by officials , possible fraud)

Starke County (Polling place problems, long lines, malfeasance or fraud)

Portage County ( voter intimidation, apparent official bias, voter suppression)

Butler County (appearance of voter suppression)

Hocking County (appearance of election fraud)

Starke County (rejection of ballots of eligible voters due to poll worker misfeasance)

Sandusky County (machine glitches cause significant counting errors)

Auglaize County (machine sercurity problem-possible fraud)

Oregon Election Problems http://www.flcv.com/oregondt.html

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Pennsylvania Election Problems http://www.flcv.com/pennsum.html

Philadelphia & Montgomery County & Allegheny County & Delaware County and Lehigh County & Mercer County

Widespread Systematic Dirty Tricks in Minority Precincts

Philadelphia & Montgomery County & Allegheny County & Delaware County and Lehigh County & Mercer County http://www.flcv.com/penndt.html

Philadelphia

(Touch screens switching votes from Kerry to Bush, or registering no vote for Presdient, systematic dirty tricks in minority precincts, extremely widespread machine malfunction, long lines, not enough backup paper ballots, voters unable to vote, and Confusion & Loss of Presidential Votes of Straight Party Ballot Voters)

http://www.flcv.com/philadel.html

Montgomery County

(systematic dirty tricks, touch screen switching votes from Kerry to Bush, long lines, suppression of minority voters, registration/provisional ballot problems, absentee ballot problems, possible pollworker malfeasance) http://www.flcv.com/montgomp.html

Allegheny County (malfeasance of poll workers, registration problems, AB problems, not allowing provisional ballots, voters not advised of proper polling place, systematic dirty tricks) (see below)

Mercer County(Malfunctioning touch screen machines, touch screen switching from Kerry to Bush, voters in minority precincts unable to vote, long lines, extremely high undervotes, malfeasance of officials) http://www.flcv.com/mercerpa.html

Beaver County (vote machines broken in minority precincts, very high undervote and official turnout in minority precincts, apparent voter suppression)

(smaller counties in general did not have a very active hotline report system)

http://www.flcv.com/beaverpa.html

Dauphin County(St. Ticket Irregularities, Intimidation, misfeasance of poll workers, long lines) (see below)

Delaware County (Default to Bush, Dirty Tricks, Misfeasance, straight party vote default)

Berks County(broken electronic machines/voter confusion/long lines, registration problems Possible malfeasance,, ) (see below)

Lehigh County (Dirty Tricks & Straight Ticket Not vote for Kerry, Broken machines/ long lines, registration problems) (see below)

Bucks County(Registration problems/ voter& pollworker confusion regarding machine use)

(only 3 counties were extensively surveyed and those not completely)

(only dirty tricks and straight ticket voting “searched” for other than 3 counties)

South Carolina Election Problems http://www.flcv.com/southcar.html

(Some touch screen machines switch vote from Kerry, many lost presidential vote due to voting straight party ticket not counting vote for president unless separately voted, polling place problems/late changes in minority precinct polling locations without notification, voter intimidation/voter suppression/misinformation from officials/long lines/registration problems, DMV registration problems, student voting problems, absentee ballot problems, early closing poll)

Lexington County (Polling place problems/ voter intimidation/voter suppression/misinformation from officials/long lines/registration problems, DMV registration problems, student voting problems)

Greenville County(Polling place problems, lots of people unable to vote in minority precincts, voter intimidation, registration problems, DMV registration problems, student voting problems)

Richland County (touch screen switching, dirty tricks, polling place problems, late changes in minority precinct polling places without notification, registration and absentee ballot problem)

Spartanburg County

Dirty tricks/intimidation and suppression of minorities/polling place problems, registration problems, absentee problems, early closing poll

Charleston (long lines, machines down in minority precincts, registration problems, absentee ballot problems)

York County

Voter intimidation and suppression reported, misformation by poll workers regarding straight party ticket voting and presidential vote, registration problems, absentee problems

Berkeley County(Dirty tricks, touch screen machines broken, people can’t vote, absentee ballot problems, straight Dem ticket loses president vote)

Virginia Election Problems http://www.flcv.com/virginia.html

Fairfax County (Touch screen switching from Kerry to Bush, touch screen default to blank on presidential race, machine problems/long lines, intimidation, registration problems, voter suppression, malfeasance)

Halifax County Broken machines/long lines/voters not allowed to vote

Prince William Machine problems/misfeasance/suppression

Richmond Improper purging of vote roles/registration problem with DMV registrations

Statewide( Student vote problems) http://www.flcv.com/studentv.html

Washington Election Problems http://www.flcv.com/washingt.html

Other than King County(Touch screen switching from Kerry to Bush, polling place problems, voter intimidation, appearance of discrimination against minority voters, registration problems, provisional ballot problems, absentee ballot problems)

King County ( machine problem, registration problems, provisional ballot problems, absentee ballot problems)

Snohomish County(Touch screen switching from Kerry to Bush, machine glitches, registration problems, absentee ballot problems) http://www.flcv.com/snohomis.html

Pierce County(registration problems, provisional ballot problems, absentee ballot problems)

Spokane County(machine problems, registration problems, absentee ballot problems)

Clarke County ( polling place problems, voter intimidation, registration problems, absentee ballot problems)

Thurston County (Registration problems, provisional ballot problems, apparence of discrimination against minority voters)

Yakima County(Polling place problems, provisional ballot)

Student Problems http://www.flcv.com/studentv.html

Wisconsin Election Problems http://www.flcv.com/wisconsi.html

Milwaukee(widespread systematic dirty tricks in minority precincts, long lines, broken machines, polling place problems, voter intimidation by partisans, minor registration and absentee problems) http://www.flcv.com/milwauke.html

Extremely widespread systematic Dirty Tricks in Minority Precincts

http://www.flcv.com/milwaudt.html

Dane County (Dirty tricks/voter intimidation by partisans/ Student registration challenges)

Racine County (Long lines, dirty tricks, voter intimidation)

Waukesha County (Possible fraud by poll workers, long lines, Suppression of minority and student voters)

LaCrosse County (Dirty Tricks)

NonPartisan EVIDENCE 2004 ELECTION STOLEN-22 STATES MACHINE FRAUD, manipulation, minority suppression, etc
http://bellaciao.org/en/article.php3?id_article=5955