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W. VA Vote Flipping Testimonial

Virginia Matheny, a Jackson County resident, describes the problems she encountered trying to use a touch screen voting machine.

VTV Report: Examining Vote Flipping (WV)

While demonstrating a technical vulnerability with the ES&S electronic voting machine in effort to refute claims of votes flipping from Democrats to Republicans, the county clerk inadvertently reveals the lack of the touchscreen's accuracy, even after the machine has been properly calibrated.

VtV Report: Early Voting

Voter Suppression in Florida: No Match No Vote

Florida is one of a handful of states with a No Match No Vote policy: if the information on a voter's registration doesn't exactly match other government databases, their registration is invalid. The law is controversial, with proponents aruging it prevents fraud and opponents contending it disenfranchises legitimate voters. To see for ourselves, Video the Vote tracked down voters on the Broward County No Match list. What we found seems to confirm the fears of voting rights groups: no voter fr...

Election Day Meltdown-Video the Vote

Columbus, Ohio - 2006: Video the Vote responds to voter complaints, and posts the reports on YouTube. This is a scene from the documentary FREE FOR ALL! by John Wellington Ennis, one of Video the Vote's co-founders. You can watch the film for free at www.freeforall.tv

Is Virginia Ready for November 4?

Virginia is a battleground state for the first time in years, which means huge increases in registration and turnout, particularly in minority communities. Some experts are predicting that Virginia could be the "Ohio of 2008." Video the Vote went to Alexandria and Norfolk to talk to elections officials and concerned voters.

Voter Caging in Montana

With just five weeks before the election, the Montana Republican Party challenged the registrations of thousands of voters based on change of address records. The mass challenge, which is unprecedented in the history of the state, was focused in heavily Democratic counties like Missoula. Video the Vote went to Missoula to talk to challenged voters and see the impact on the local elections office.