Backup Voting System Could Cause Problems

From the people who brought you the infamous hanging chad fiasco comes the latest in voter disenfranchisement schemes.

Congress required conditional, or provisional, voting as part of election fixes passed in 2002. For the first time, all states must offer a backup ballot to any voter whose name does not appear on the rolls when the voter comes to the polling place on Nov. 2. If the voter is later found eligible, the vote counts.

But Congress did not specify exactly how the provisional votes will be evaluated.

Look for this to be a big issue after the election.