http://www.bbvforums.org/forums/messages/133/77621.html
and according to August 2008 news articles, Florida's database produced vote stoppages during voting.
http://www.bbvforums.org/forums/messages/137/77467.html
If we are going to use a system that relies on voter registration to authorize voters, it is reasonable that it should contain an accurate, findable record of who is authorized. The Wisconsin and Colorado databases don't always do that, and the Florida database chokes when used. Which other states will break down? This is all so new we won't really know until the records come out in the months AFTER the presidential election.
TOP ELECTIONS OFFICIALS COULDN'T MATCH THEIR OWN VOTER RECORDS
http://www.bbvforums.org/forums/messages/176/78037.html
Therefore, the Board de-activated the requirement to find a "complete match" of the voter's data in the motor vehicle or Social Security database. If two-thirds of the state's top election officials couldn't find match their own data, they reasoned, too many voters would hit roadblocks on Election Day.
WISCONSIN A.G. NOW TRYING TO FORCE STATE TO USE A SYSTEM THAT DOESN'T WORK
In stepped Wisconsin attorney general J.B. Van Hollen, who is now suing to reinstate cross-matching requirements. http://www.bbvforums.org/forums/messages/176/78066.html
Wisconsin has been trying to cross reference data in disparate databases, like voter reg and driver's license. Requiring an exact match in such circumstances simply doesn't work! No voter should be required to dig around in every state database to see if he used a nickname, middle initial, or had an apostrophe affixed, just to meet an arbitrary "exact match" specification.
Wisconsin has same-day voter registration, which offers some protection for voter disenfranchisement, but will not protect absentee voters excised by over-aggressive cross matching procedures that depend on a defective database. Even same-day registrants, if the cross-matching requirement is in place, may not have their votes counted.
"IT'S POLITICAL"
The Republican vs. Democrat nature of the voter list fights is more complex than partisans from either party are letting on. Republicans have long accused Democrats of stuffing the voter rolls; an analysis of past voting figures from Democratic stronghold Lake County, Indiana tends to support that contention. In 2004, Lake County had more voters registered than voting age citizens in the county.
Democrats contend that Republicans are trying to suppress votes by misusing the voter databases, an accusation that is supported by efforts targeting certain populations, trimming people off the voter rolls using over-aggressive criteria.
When both sides think the end justifies the means, the system breaks. Implementing major procedural changes causes more things to break.
Caught in the crossfire: Voters.
INEPT PROGRAMMING MAY BE THE LEAST OF OUR PROBLEMS
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