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Congressmen Call For E-Voting Investigation

HeadlineNov 08, 2004

In election news, more questions are being raised about the accuracy of electronic voting machines used last week. Three Democratic members of Congress have written to the General Accounting Office of Congress to request * an investigation into problems with voting machines* on Election Day. This according to Wired.com. The Congressmen are John Conyers of Michigan, Jerrold Nadler of New York and Robert Wexler of Florida. In their letter they note how in one Ohio county, the electronic voting machines mistakenly gave President Bush an * extra 3,900 votes* due to a machine mishap. Also they noted that in North Carolina, electronic voting machines accidentally * lost 4,500 votes*.

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