2008 election summary

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Introduction

Election Protection in the primaries

  • Caucus issues
  • Closed vs. open primaries
  • Primary election dates set by the states: consequences
    • Florida, Michigan stripped of delegates

In the news

  • ACORN
  • Seating of Florida and Michigan Delegates
  • Voter caging from foreclosure lists
  • massive voter registration drives
  • early voting
  • high turnout

In the states

  • CO: voter purges
  • FL: no-match no-vote
  • GA:
  • MI: foreclosure purges, house judiciary requesting an investigation

For a complete list, see 2008 Voter Purges

Issue summaries

  • Voter purges
  • Voter suppression/deceptive practices
  • Voter caging
  • Inequality in election day resources

Ongoing controversies

  • Minnesota?
  • Oversight of recounts in other states?

Election Reform proposals

Looking ahead

Articles and resources

Related SourceWatch articles

References


External resources

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