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14 Feb 2012 10:30

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U.S.: Pew study: Millions of voter registrations have significant errors

  • 1/8 of all voter registrations in the U.S. contain errors, Pew says
  • 24M voter registrations contain major errors, according to Pew
  • 2.7M people have current voter registrations in multiple states
  • 1.8M registered voters have one slight problem: they’re dead source
  • » Is this a sign of voter fraud? Not really, Pew says. The bigger problem, they claim, is that outdated methods are being used to sign voters up. They recommend a more centralized voting system that utilizes online registration — similar to the one eight states (Colorado, Delaware, Maryland, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Virginia and Washington) are already working on. They suggest such a system will save money by preventing duplication and cutting down on form usage.

25 Oct 2010 11:12

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Politics: Obama not rocking the vote for congressional candidates

  • 2.5M the number of young voters Rock the Vote was able to register during the Obama-fied 2008 elections
  • 280k the number of voters they were able to register this time around (that’s kind of a big decline, guys)
  • 44% Obama’s current approval rating among college students – good luck getting out the vote with that, guys source