Posted on 11/03/2008 1:14:29 PM PST by Red in Blue PA
Government officials and voting rights watchdog groups will be keeping close watch of the polls around the country Tuesday, trying to keep lines of voters moving and to make sure that everyone can cast a ballot in what's anticipated to be a record election turnout.
Groups like the nonpartisan Fair Elections Legal Network are keeping a particularly watchful eye on battleground states like Ohio and Virginia.
"The main thing that we all know is that there's going to be a huge turnout. There are going to be long lines, and any problems that occur will exacerbate because of those lines," said Robert M. Brandon, president of the Fair Elections Legal Network.
"We always worry about whether there are an adequate number of resources, particularly voting machines," Brandon said.
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was going to court Monday in Virginia, where 13 electoral votes are up for grabs, to try to get more voting machines sent to minority polling stations. Fair Elections has been trying to have paper ballots sent to Virginia polling places where voting machines could break down.
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Where’s Jimmy Carter?
In Atlanta with a writ in hand at the Federal Courthouse?
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