Groups Seek to Address Voting Troubles

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Reports of long lines at some polling places, voting machine errors, absentee ballots that never arrived and problems with provisional ballots dominated a daylong conference Tuesday, and experts said more changes are needed to eliminate obstacles to voting.

"We learned on Election Day that our voting methods remain troubled and that many Americans continue to experience difficulty navigating a system that falls far short of our view of ourselves as the world's greatest democracy," said Common Cause President Chellie Pingree, who moderated the conference.

Registration problems were the most frequent complaint in 2004, according to a database kept by a coalition of voting rights groups. Some voters registered by the deadline but did not show up on voter lists, while others received cards with incorrect information.

Thousands of voters also cited instances of voter suppression or intimidation. At one poll in Arizona, a partisan challenger filmed people standing in line as he asked if they were citizens. Others said they received flyers encouraging people to vote on a day other than Nov. 2 or providing false information regarding their right to vote.

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