Reports from the Advancement Project lawyers mount:
Flint, Michigan:
Election officials are turning voters away without giving them provisional ballots
RNC Challenges
Wisconsin:
Machines are breaking down
20,000 voter registration cards not processed
St. Louis:
Provisional ballots way up in Metro area, in particular in precincts of color
Voter intimidation reports w/police in polling places
Some poll workers not giving provisional ballots.?? Telling voters they can't give them because they are no "provisional ballot" voting machines. NO SUCH THING.
Columbus, Ohio
"Just got off the phone with our lawyer in Columbus.?? Black folks are 1,000 deep in line! Did I forget to mention its raining in Columbus…"
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Jessica Clark is a writer, editor and researcher, with more than 15 years of experience spanning commercial, educational, independent and public media production. Currently she is the Research Director for American University’s Center for Social Media. She also writes a monthly column for PBS’ MediaShift on new directions in public media. She is the author, with Tracy Van Slyke, of Beyond the Echo Chamber: Reshaping Politics Through Networked Progressive Media (2010, New Press).
