Sunday, May 09, 2004

Kucinich camp sees problems in Oregon balloting
Claims voters who changed affiliation shortly before deadline get two ballots

From Bend.com news sources
Posted: Saturday, May 8, 2004 9:02 PM
Reference Code: PR-15379

May 8 - PORTLAND – Information obtained by the Oregon Kucinich for President headquarters reveals inconsistencies and contradictions being told to voters at the county level that may result in their disenfranchisment, officials said Saturday.

The campaign has shared this information with Secretary of State Bill Bradbury and with Director of Elections Divisions John W. Lindback.

Specifically, voters in many counties who reregistered between April 17th and April 28th were mailed two ballots for use in the May 18th election.

The first ballots sent often do not reflect the voter's attempts to change party affiliation in order to vote in the Democratic presidential primary, even though these voters registered or re-registered by the April 28 deadline.

A number of Oregon counties then...(Full Story)

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