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November 07, 2006

12,300 Complaints of Voting Irregularities

Posted at 5:06 PM ET by Silla Brush

As of 3 p.m., the Election Protection coalition, which includes the Lawyers' Committee, People for the American Way, and the NAACP, had received 12,300 calls, most of which were informational but many that reported voting troubles including closed polling stations, malfunctioning machines, etc. Even Rep. Jean Schmidt, an Ohio Republican, had difficulty in getting her ballot read by an automatic scanner.

Most calls, by state, since 6 a.m.:

Ohio

Georgia

Florida

Pennsylvania

California

North Carolina

In addition, the coalition is now considering lawsuits in Pennsylvania, Florida, Utah, and Georgia, according to a People for the American Way spokesman. A lawsuit was filed in Maryland yesterday regarding absentee ballots but was denied by a judge.

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