Reply #2: Virginia was quite a mess also- very dirty (Summary) [View All]

Virginia (Touch Screen Switching, Ballot Problems,Machine Problems, Dirty Tricks, Voter Suppression and Intimidation of Minorities, Long Lines, FBI and BOE Investigations of Fraud and Intimidation)

5849 Polling Place Problem Albemarle Virginia Machine problem: Webb's name cut off on screen.

5848 Polling Place Problem Alexandria Virginia Machine problem: Webb's name was truncated on ballot, voter voted for Webb but after he finished the ballot, the screen said he had not chosen a candidate for gov. Helper concluded that "enter" key did not work. Eventually succeeded in getting it to work.

5845 Polling Place Problem Fairfax Virginia Machine problem: voter tried to change answer on ballot and machine wouldn’t let him.

5840 Polling Place Problem Pittsylvania Virginia Westover Recreation Center Machine problem (not clear what type of machine). first page, everything went to blanks, was told his vote counted but cannot verify.

3435 Polling Place Problem Orange Virginia Vote for Democratic candidate for House of Representatives incorrectly recorded as vote for Republican candidate
1297 Polling Place Problem Henrico Virginia Pocahontas Middle School Machine stuck on Republican candidate for senate - George Allen

Vote Switching in U.S. Senate race in Fairfax, Co. Virginia, on WinVote machines. http://www.votersunite.org/article.asp?id=6828

Alexandria, Falls Church, and Charlottesville. The review page on the Hart InterCivic eSlate (electronic voting machine) cuts off the last part of the candidates' names, as well as their party affiliation. Same problem occurred last year. http://www.votersunite.org/article.asp?id=6662

Minority Voter Suppression/Intimidation

5861 Voter Intimidation Problem Henrico Virginia Skipwitch Elementary School When called went to vote, two people who were ahead of him were dressed in a certain way. They were not asked for any ID. When he went up to poll worker and gave his name, he was asked for ID, a photo ID. He showed his driver's license. he was told they wanted his ID "right away". He felt he was being treated unfairly and in a discriminatory manner because he is a registered Democrat.

4451 Voter Intimidation Problem Polling Place Problem Fairfax Virginia One machine appeared to be broken, and poll workers told people not to go to one particular machine because it was broken, but they seemed to steer african-americans to the broken machine.

3849 Voter Intimidation Problem Norfolk Virginia Ms. Adams was told that she needed to file an affidavit of eligibility, even though she had her drivers license and Voter ID card and it was consistent with what was on the voter roll. Polling worker said that because she failed to vote in the last federal election, she had to file "extra forms"


Long lines, especially in minority precincts, dirty tricks
http://eirs.cs.net:8080/EIRS_WEB/Reporting/displayStateCatSummary.do?catCol=placeProb&state=Virginia


4686 Voter Intimidation Problem Arlington Virginia Democrat received email from RNC giving as his polling place an inaccurate location. Email is attached. Email, however, does contain a statement at the end: "The polling location provided above is correct information to the best of the RMC's knowledge; however, all voters are encouraged to reconfirm their polling location with their local election authority

372 Voter Intimidation Problem Accomack Virginia Democratic voters in Accomack and North Hampton Counties in VA are reporting receiving phone calls from purported election officials advising that they do not need to vote tomorrow or that they will be prosecuted if that show up at the polls. Mr. Moore is the Chairman of the Democratic Party in Accomack County VA. Information provided to me by Pat Farley a volunteer for the Jim Webb and ___ Kellum campaigns.
5885 Voter Intimidation Problem Augusta Virginia Received call saying that if she voted she would be arrested. also received email from "National Republican Committee" telling her voting location had changed, but it had not.

Threats of Incarceration, Changed Polling Locations, and Fliers to “Skip the Election.” Over the past several days, voters throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia have filed complaints of incidents aimed at suppressing voter turn out in heavily Democratic and African American neighborhoods. Today, the Secretary of the Virginia State Board of Elections Jean Jensen
concluded that the incidents appear widespread and deliberate.
http://www.votersunite.org/article.asp?id=http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/110606S.shtml