Responses to Election Day
by Amanda Adams*, 11/10/2006
Common Cause has released GETTING IT STRAIGHT: A Preliminary Look at Data Collected from Voters During the Elections of 2006. This report summarizes the information that was called in to the voter assistance hotline 866-MYVOTE-1. As noted, the problems highlight that there are still serious flaws in our voting system.
People For the American Way (PFAW) were also very active collecting data on any Election Day voting problems. Yet, many throughout the country faced frustration before leaving their own home. The incidences of "robocalls," misleading phone calls made on behalf of the National Republican Congressional Committee, were reported across the country. PFAW has now called for congressional hearings on these calls and is asking that those who have received the calls save them for documentation purposes.
