A Few Bumps, but Overall Election Ran Smoothly for Voters
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The fears that yesterday’s record turnout would overwhelm the voting system and cause a replay of the problems in 2000 and 2004 did not materialize, in part because election officials were better prepared and because Sen. Barack Obama’s margin of victory was so large, potential disenfranchisement was not a factor in calling the election.
Says Lora Jo Foo, coordinator of the AFL-CIO’s My Vote, My Right program:
Because of the extensive voter education we did up to the election and working with election officials, we made it so that while there were problems, they weren’t systemic.
