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...election polling showed that he had a significant lead over his Republican opponent, and exit-polling conducted on the day of the election predicted that Bradley would emerge victorious. But when all of the ballots were finally counted, the pollsters were proven wrong—fewer white voters had actually cast their ballots for Bradley than polling had anticipated. Daniel J. Hopkins ’00, a post-graduate fellow in government and social studies, said that the “Bradley effect” is “a systematic difference between how black candidates poll before the election...
...October approached with no absentee ballot, or a response of any kind, I became slightly paranoid, so I called the Manhattan Borough Board of Elections. The woman on the other end of the line - who was juggling multiple calls - informed me that while I was a registered voter, they had not yet received my absentee application - and that I should fax another one and mail it as well, just to make sure. I did as told, making it a nightly ritual for a week to call before bedtime to see if they had received my fax. I never got through...
...From our standpoint the issue is funding," explains Valerie Vazquez-Rivera, director of communications for the New York City Board of Elections. "If we were properly funded we would have more staff members to work with the increase in voter registration as well as absentee ballots...
...challenges still exist. While reporting this story, I came across people on every continent but Antarctica who were frustrated. Voter outreach simply doesn't make it to everybody. Some people I spoke with were so confused by the process that they ended up not voting. An electronic voting system is in development, but Brunelli says that it may take "several years" before it can be used. Los Angeles County has a website where absentee voters can trace their ballots. The Federal Voting Overseas Program redesigned their website to ease the process and the Overseas Vote Foundation's website walks voters...
...Whether any of the voter purges in this election were politically motivated will probably not be revealed for some time to come. Regardless, an independent, transparent system is necessary to ensure the functioning of a stable democracy. Immediately, HAVA legislation can be extended to standardize this process. In the long run, Web 2.0 capabilities should be integrated into the registration system to increase transparency of and access to information that is so vital for American voters...