Investigation Into Voting Problems In Pulaski County
By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2009
A lawyer with the civil rights division in
the federal Justice Department met today with a Pulaski County
election official and the county attorney. They discussed problems
with the county`s voter-registration database.
Fact-finding meetings with county and state officials are
planned for today and tomorrow, following widespread confusion in
the county`s November election. A county grand jury report in the
spring that said the voter rolls were inaccurate.
Officials wouldn`t comment on what was said at today`s meeting.
The special grand jury report concluded that the voter rolls
were only 50 percent accurate, and contained the names of felons,
murder victims, minors, aliens and people with incomplete or
unconfirmed residential addresses.
The problems culminated in last November`s election, when
thousands of people had to wait in long lines at polls and hundreds
of ballots were contested for incomplete information.
Posted by Mike Hellgren
