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Citations to add

Since we need to add citations to this article, I was going to add some. But most of this can be cited to the Constitution. How does citing that work? → talk page (JakeBathman) 21:31, 25 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

need to add states asking for birth certificate

can someone add that for the first time state govts are pushing bills to have the candidates show their credentials before their name comes in the ballot.

http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=255489

I though it was interesting as it was for the first time this is happening

122.176.170.162 (talk) 13:21, 26 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Redistricting

This is the first election held after the census redistricting. All the district maps are still for the previous districting. Where are things being updated?--Bhuck (talk) 14:04, 29 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Once updated maps are available in the public domain, they should be added to the 435 district articles. See List of United States congressional districts.

potential resource

Democrats See Signs of Hope in Election Battle for Congress by Jennifer Steinhauer, "A year of bruising fiscal fights has hurt Republicans more than Democrats, according to polls, and improving economic signs were captured in job growth reported on Friday." January 6, 2012 NYT 97.87.29.188 (talk) 20:26, 8 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Include voting fraud issue?

Amid concerns of voting fraud, U.S. presidential candidate Mitt Romney's campaign is linked to Hart InterCivic a firm providing the voting machines to be used to tally the ballots in the crucial state of Ohio. (The Belfast Telegraph) from Romney-linked voting machine company to count votes in Ohio. The company counting critical votes in Ohio and Colorado has extensive connections to the Romney camp. by Craig Unger. 207.250.21.23 (talk) 20:22, 29 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Not yet? ... See Hacking Democracy, Orwell Rolls in His Grave and United States presidential election, 2000 controversy example maybe. 207.250.21.34 (talk) 20:25, 29 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Preliminary rapport from OSCE

The preliminary rapport from OSCE: LIMITED ELECTION OBSERVATION MISSION - United States of America – General Elections, 6 November 201.

It is mostly general positive things like: "The 6 November general elections took place in a pluralistic environment and were administered in a professional manner." and "The election campaigns were vibrant and highly competitive." and "Overall, media is pluralistic and diverse and provided voters with a wide range of information and views on candidates, issues, and electoral platforms." and "The overall field of candidates provided voters with a wide degree of choice"

But also comments on voter eligbility: "US citizens who are at least 18 years old on election day and residents of a state were eligible to vote. Some 4.1 million citizens that are residents of US territories were not eligible to vote, while some 600,000 citizens that are residents of the District of Columbia were eligible to vote only for the president. An estimated 5.9 million citizens were disenfranchised due to a criminal conviction, including some 2.6 million citizens who have served their sentences. This is at odds with the principle of universal suffrage and the commitment to ensure proportionality in the restriction of voting rights as enshrined in paragraphs 7.3 and 24 of the 1990 OSCE Copenhagen Document."

And alsom comments on voter registration: "Voter registration is implemented at state level through an active system. A number of states launched initiatives to improve the accuracy of their voter lists. Civil society was active in encouraging citizens to register, as well as checking the accuracy of voter registers. Nevertheless an estimated 50 million eligible citizens were not registered to vote, bringing into question the effectiveness of existing measures to ensure that all persons entitled to vote are able to exercise that right."

Read the whole rapport to learn more. Some may be useful in the article Jack Bornholm (talk) 14:52, 8 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]