Jennings to Congress: Vote machines `malfunctioned'

Miami Herald by Lesley Clark | Dec. 21, 2006 (News Report)

Christine Jennings filed a request for Congress to investigate Sarasota County's recent election.

The dispute over the congressional seat once held by Rep. Katherine Harris landed in the nation's Capitol on Wednesday, with Democrat Christine Jennings asking Congress to investigate ''pervasive malfunctioning'' of Sarasota's voting machines, and possibly order a second election. Full Story »

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by Laura Perkins - Oct. 1, 2008

This is an important topic, reflecting on the integrity, or lack thereof, of our elections. The story is, unfortunately, short on investigative journalism. Repeating the Republican claim that there is no evidence that the machines malfunctioned is a bit of "he said, she said" journalism, substituting competing spin for facts. The fact is there is indisputable evidence that votes were lost by the machines. There are statistics out there that the reporter could have cited to prove this, but instead they went for the false "balance" to which the media so often succumbs.