Obstructions or inaccuracies in any of these four areas can create an unfair election. Inaccuracies in the voter list will certainly affect the count if valid voters cannot vote, and may affect the count if invalid voters can vote (I will quantify invalid votes for 2008 in Part B of this report).
WHY WERE VOTERS LEFT OFF THE LIST?
Voter lists show a "Registration Date." In Shelby County, the last day to register to vote for the 2008 presidential election was Oct. 6, 2008. The later the voter registration forms were submitted, the fewer voters made it on to the voter list at early voting:
Date form Submitted # forms # Omitted from Early Voting list % Omitted
Oct. 6, 2008 9,156 8,671 94.7%
Oct 5, 2008 2 2 100%
Oct 4, 2008 892 752 84.3%
Oct 3, 2008 1,516 1,333 87.9%
Oct 2, 2008 1,344 1,040 77.4%
Oct 1, 2008 1,551 660 42.6%
Sept. 2008 16,064 2,150 13.4%
Aug. 2008 6,538 54 0.8%
Jan-Jul 2008 20,000 31 0.2%
Before 2008 596,854 99 0.02%
Clearly, submitting forms during the last few days puts voters at higher risk for being left off the list.
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