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To attend the conference or request dial-in information, contact:
Erin Reasoner Eastwick Communications 650-480-4031
Erica Pereira Eastwick Communications 640-480-4024
Noel Gallagher UC Berkeley Media Relations 510-643-7944
This is an invitation to a press conference taking place tomorrow, 11/18 at 10am PST/1pm EST about a UC Berkeley report that’s challenging e-voting in Florida.
Here’s the story: A research team at UC Berkeley will report that irregularities associated with electronic voting machines may have awarded 130,000-260,000 or more excess votes to President George W. Bush in Florida in the 2004 presidential election. The study shows an unexplained discrepancy between votes for President Bush in counties where electronic voting machines were used versus counties using traditional voting methods. This is the first time that an academic institution has formally challenged the e-voting system, and the University is calling on local voting officials in Florida to investigate. The research team – which comprises some of the top minds in voter research – will disclose full results of the study and the raw data at the press conference tomorrow.
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