Civil rights panel hears Ohio citizens' stories
The Akron Beacon Journal reports: More than a dozen people shared stories Friday night with a panel investigating alleged actions that may have suppressed votes in Ohio on Nov. 2.
Catherine Cunningham, a college student from the Cleveland suburb of Pepper Pike, said that although she has been a registered voter since 2000, she was told by a poll worker Nov. 2 that her name was not on the official poll roster and that she would not be allowed to vote.
``I told them I was registered,'' Cunningham said. She said the poll worker also informed her that because she was a student and not living in her parents' home full time, she wouldn't be allowed to vote by provisional ballot. ...
Those and other stories of alleged Election Day irregularities were aired during a four-hour public hearing conducted by the People For the American Way Foundation, the NAACP, the Cleveland AFL-CIO, and a coalition of other organizations gathering testimony on the handling of the election in Ohio. -- Beacon Journal | 11/21/2004 | Citizens tell panel of voting troubles
The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports: Stephen Hodus voted for the first time Nov. 2, but he said it was not a good experience.
Hodus, 20, of Broadview Heights, went to his polling place twice - before and after work - before he could cast his ballot. When he did, he made a mistake in one race and asked for a new ballot, a voter's right.
But judges at the polling place in the Broadview Heights Community Center took his ballot and dropped it into the ballot box, Hodus said, denying him a chance to file a corrected ballot. --
Voting-rights groups gather evidence of problems on Election Day