Ohio Voters tell of Election Day Troubles at Hearing

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Published on Sunday, November 14, 2004 by the Cleveland Plain Dealer

Ohio Voters tell of Election Day Troubles at Hearing
by Reginald Fields

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Tales of waiting more than five hours to vote, voter intimidation, under-trained polling-station workers and too few or broken voting machines largely in urban or heavily minority areas were retold Saturday at a public hearing organized by voter-rights groups.

For three hours, burdened voters, one after another, offered sworn testimony about Election Day voter suppression and irregularities that they believe are threatening democracy.

The hearing, sponsored by the Election Protection Coalition, was to collect testimony of voting troubles that might be used to seek legislative changes to Ohio's election process.

The organizers chose Ohio because it was a swing state in the presidential election as well as the site of numerous claims of election fraud and voter disenfranchisement.

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