advertisement
Posted at 9:52 PM ET by Angie C. MarekEarlier this week, a variety of talking heads suspected that Missouri--site of a recent suit alleging four volunteers with the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now had registered bogus voters in Kansas City--would be ground zero for Election Day controversy and all that comes with it. Lawyers had already descended on the Show Me State in droves, thousands of new voting machines had debuted for the August primary but hadn't seen wide use, and confusion persisted over a voter-ID law struck down by the courts just months ago. Add to that cocktail a Senate race that had been in the tossup category for months.
But, at least according to one early metric, voting problems haven't played out. The hotline 1-866-MYVOTE-1, widely promoted on MSNBC and NBC affiliates as a way for voters to report problems at the polls, has gotten close to 400 calls from Missourians. Compare that with figures from Pennsylvania: Roughly 2,400 of that state's voters had called the hotline by 7 p.m., making up almost a seventh of the total calls coming into the hotline during the day. "So far, it's been pretty quiet in Missouri," says Mary Boyle, a spokeswoman for Common Cause, the group running the hotline. "It could be, though, how well the line was promoted by local affiliates."
Still, look for problems. Lancaster County, near Philadelphia, had the most calls from Pennsylvania. Voters there reported having trouble turning on electronic machines. Behind Pennsylvania, other states showing the highest call volume included Colorado, Michigan, New York, and California.
advertisement
Use of this Web site constitutes acceptance of our Terms and Conditions of Use and Privacy Policy.
