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News about upcoming federal and state elections, based primarily on the two-year (even years) election cycle.
The Myth of the Mid-Term Turnover
It's time to put to bed the idea that mid-term elections where voters toss out the party in power is a common and expected event. It's not.
Voting Systems - State-by-State
Voting systems in each state - November 2006.
Voting Systems in 2006 Mid-Term Elections
Status of voting systems in each state - November 2006
Election Fraud - An Overview
Election fraud can take many forms, but the two that are most in the public eye happen on opposite sides of the polling booth. On one side, an election can be fraudulent because of issues surrounding the voter - the casting of the vote. On the other side, an election can be fraudulent because the votes "counted" were not the votes "cast."
Voter ID Requirement Nixed In Georgia
20 September 2006. Georgia's controversial voter ID requirement was on hold during the summer's primary, and a state judge ruled this week that it is unconstitutional.
Help America Vote Act - HAVA
In 2002, Congress interjected the federal government into how states conduct federal elections when it passed the Help America Vote Act (HAVA - Public Law 107-252).

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