Faulty Voting Machines, 'Barack Osama' Typos And More Potential Election Day Time Bombs

From misprinted ballots to claims of voter fraud, a number of snafus could result in chaos on November 4. By Gil Kaufman Photo: Sean Gallup/ Getty Images Come Election Day, it could be déjà vu all over again. After a 2000 presidential election in which faulty ballots and disputed voting resulted in the intervention of the Supreme Court, and a 2004 contest with allegations of voting-machine errors in the crucial swing state of Ohio, there are already several brewing controversies that could cause the election to last beyond November 4. From the weekend arrest of a California man who officials allege hired workers to trick tens of thousands of voters into registering as Republicans, to claims that scores of Florida college students and minorities have been kicked off voter rolls because of a controversial "no match, no vote" measure that requires driver's-license or Social Security numbers to match those in government databases, the potential for fraud is ripe.  ... (link)