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  2004 U.S. presidential election controversy and irregularities - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
After the 2004 U.S. Presidential election, there were many allegations of fraud including, but not limited to, forging of vote totals, miscounting of votes for one candidate as votes for another, widespread voter intimidation, and irregularities with the distribution of voting machines.
The election was certified by the U.S. Congress on January 6, 2005, despite a challenge to Ohio's electoral votes concerning alleged irregularities in that state's election process.
Among the issues raised in 2004 were allegations or complaints regarding obstacles to voter registration, improper purges of voter lists, voter suppression, accuracy and reliability of voting machines (especially electronic voting), problems with absentee ballots and provisional ballots, impossible voter turnout, and possible partisan interference by voting machine company and election officials.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/2004_U.S._Election_controversies_and_irregularities   (5507 words)

  
 UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, 2004 FACTS AND INFORMATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The election was held in a highly charged atmosphere, with allegations of media_bias, intimidation and even a poisoning of Yushchenko that was later confirmed to be the result of the poison dioxin.
The initial vote of the 2004 Ukrainian presidential election was held on October_31, 2004.
CIS election observers praised the second round of the elections as "legitimate and of a nature that reflected democratic standards", a view in direct contradiction to other monitoring organizations such as the ENEMO, the Civic_Voters_Committee_in_Ukraine and the IEOM.
www.bellabuds.com /Ukrainian_presidential_election,_2004   (1941 words)

  
 VerifiedVoting.org : 2004 U.S. Presidential Election Controversy and Irregularities
After the 2004 U.S. presidential election there were allegations of data irregularities and systematic flaws which may have changed the election result, if proven.
Following the 2004 Election, concerns were raised about various aspects of the voting process, including whether voting had been made accessible to everyone entitled to vote and whether the votes cast had been correctly counted.
Similarly, exit polls conducted during the original 2004 Ukrainian presidential election were seen as a critical early indication of fraud.
www.verifiedvoting.org /article.php?id=5590   (4357 words)

  
 Viktor Yushchenko biography .ms   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
During the recent election campaign, Kateryna was accused of exerting the influence of the U.S. government on her husband's decisions, as an employee of the U.S. government or even a CIA agent.
In 2004, as President Kuchma's term came to an end, Yushchenko announced that he was an independent candidate for president.
Ukraine's parliament passed a resolution on 27 November 2004 that the presidential run-off vote was invalid and failed to reflect the will of voters.
viktor-yushchenko.biography.ms   (1680 words)

  
 Ukrainian Presidential Elections - 2004   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The way the pre-election atmosphere is unfolding in Ukraine, the upcoming Presidential Elections of October 31, 2004, may be the most significant turning point for democracy in Ukraine since it regained its independence in 1991.
With the prospect of the presidential elections looming and President Kuchma’s declaration not to run for a third term, a political struggle has begun to develop within this nation of nearly 50 million.
UCCA international election monitors will be placed at polling stations outside of Ukraine to help protect the electoral rights of Ukrainians living abroad, as well as in country.
ucca.org /events/elections2004.html   (763 words)

  
 November_2004   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Attorneys for Green Party presidential candidate David Cobb asked a federal court today to take jurisdiction of, and ultimately dissolve, a temporary restraining order issued by a Delaware County, Ohio judge attempting to prevent Cobb from seeking a recount of the presidential ballots cast in that county.
The Ukrainian Supreme Court bars publication of the presidential election results, delaying inauguration, and decides to examine a complaint alleging fraud on November 28th.
A previously-scheduled EU-Russia summit in The Hague is overshadowed by the Ukraine presidential election crisis.
www.freecaviar.com /search.php?title=November_2004   (4239 words)

  
 Ukrainian presidential election leads to coup d'etat - PRAVDA.Ru
When the first results of the presidential election were announced in Ukraine at 03:00 Moscow times, Viktor Yushchenko left the press room of the Central Electoral Committee in silence.
Viktor Yushchenko called upon the Ukrainian citizens to organize a meeting of protest on Monday morning: "We do not trust the work of the Central Electoral Committee and the results that they obtain on the base of falsified documents," Yushchenko was quoted as saying.
Presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko intends to apply to the European Parliament, the OSCE and the EU in connection with falsifications of the presidential election in Ukraine.
english.pravda.ru /world/20/92/370/14617_ukraine.html   (645 words)

  
 2004_U.S._presidential_election_controversy
Among the issues raised in 2004 were allegations or complaints regarding obstacles to voter registration, improper purges of voter lists, voter suppression, accuracy and reliability of voting machines, especially electronic voting, problems with absentee ballots and provisional ballots, impossible voter turnout (http://www.watchingthewatchers.org/index.php?p=176) and possible partisan interference by voting machine company and election officials.
In the 2004 election, pre-adjustment exit poll results were most likely leaked onto the Internet during Election Day via CNN [8] (http://www.mysterypollster.com/main/2004/11/freemans_data.html).
Their first letter was written three days after the election, on November 5 [50] (http://www.house.gov/judiciary_democrats/gaoinvestvote2004ltr11504.pdf), and this was followed by a second letter on November 8 listing further matters which had since come to light [51] (http://www.house.gov/judiciary_democrats/gaoinvestvote2004ltr11804.pdf).
www.tuxedo-shop.com /search.php?title=2004_U.S._presidential_election_controversy   (5407 words)

  
 EF Supports Fair Elections in Ukraine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
To ensure free and fair elections and the public's access to balanced information about election issues preceding and during the 2004 Presidential elections.
The anticipated results of this project are: heightened information about election issues in general, the 2004 Presidential election specifically, and increased professionalism of participating regional television stations.
To independently verify results of the 2004 Presidential elections and to increase of the role of civil society in developing the national policy agenda.
www.eurasia.org /news/Grants_Ukraine_10.14.04.htm   (719 words)

  
 Campaigns & Elections: Inside the revolution: the Ukraine story   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
They invoked the long history of Ukrainian yearning for true freedom and preparing them for the long spell of protests that would be necessary to reverse the momentum of the government's illegitimate maneuvers.
Standing alongside these Ukrainian patriots in the cold as they launched their revolution before our eyes, we could feel the quickening pulse of a new democracy and were grateful for the invitation that had brought us there.
On Dec. 26, the CEC declared Yushchenko winner of the runoff election, by a margin of 52 percent to 44 percent.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m2519/is_1_26/ai_n11841394   (1190 words)

  
 VIKTOR YUSHCHENKO STYLES, FASHION AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Ukraine's Central Election Commission declared him the winner of the 26_December 2004 re-run of the runoff_election, by 52% to 44% over Viktor_Yanukovych.
After thirteen days of massive popular protests in Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities, known as the Orange_Revolution for the wearing of orange ribbons by Yushchenko supporters in a sign of solidarity, the election results were overturned by the Supreme Court and a re-run of the run-off election was ordered for December_26.
Oleksandr_Zinchenko was appointed the head of the presidential secretariat with a nominal title of the Secretary of State.
www.cashorclothes.com /Viktor_Yushchenko   (1905 words)

  
 The West & Ukraine's 2004 Presidential Election
On 25 November 2004 Paul Jones, US deputy permanent representative to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), said the situation in Ukraine "must be resolved without the use of force" (emphasis in original).
On 29 November 2004 Secretary of State Colin Powell said the United States is pleased that the political crisis in Ukraine, following the disputed presidential election there, has not turned violent and that he is hopeful of a peaceful resolution.
On 07 December 2004 US Secretary of State Colin Powell rejected Russian criticism of the West's role in Ukraine's election crisis, saying the United States and its allies are interested only in freedom for the Ukrainian people.
www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/ukraine/election-2004-w.htm   (2087 words)

  
 IRI : IRI in the News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Furthermore, IRI fielded a team of domestic election monitors in each of Ukraine's 25 oblasts who reported weekly on the general political environment, especially focusing on state interference in the election, the adherence of the election commissions to the election law, and one-sided media coverage.
Although all countries experience election problems in the transition to democracy, Ukraine's are greater than they should be given the opportunities it has had to correct many of these problems.
In addition, considering the very important role that the courts must play in resolving election disputes, and in view of the recent decision on the election of the Mayor of Mukacheva, the judiciary must act independently and adhere to the rule of law.
www.iri.org /11-01-04-Ukraine.asp   (869 words)

  
 Viktor_Yushchenko
Viktor Andriyovych Yushchenko (Ukrainian: Віктор Андрійович Ющенко) (born 23 February 1954) is the president of Ukraine.
Ukraine's Central Election Commission declared him the winner of the 26 December 2004 re-run of the runoff election, by 52% to 44% over Viktor Yanukovych.
After thirteen days of massive popular protests in Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities, known as the Orange Revolution for the wearing of orange ribbons by Yushchenko supporters in a sign of solidarity, the election results were overturned by the Supreme Court and a re-run of the run-off election was ordered for December 26.
www.tuxedo-shop.com /search.php?title=Viktor_Yushchenko   (1887 words)

  
 The Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
The 2004 Ukrainian presidential election provides a critical opportunity for the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs to support democracy in Ukraine.
Election commissioners and other Ukrainian officials will be more likely to address problems pointed out by international observers.
Additional funding will enable the institute to retain 23 long-term observers to continue to observe the election and report on any abuses or violations in light of massive falsifications on November 21, after which Ukraine's Supreme Court ordered a repeat of the runoff election on December 26.
www.mott.org /todaysgrant.asp?id=200401460.01&td=3/26/2005   (272 words)

  
 biology - Security Service of Ukraine
The SBU is a successor of the Ukrainian SSR Branch of the KGB, keeping the majority of its 1990s personnel.
In 2004, General Valeriy Kravchenko, SBU's intelligence representative in Germany, publicly accused his agency of political involvement, including overseas spying on Ukrainian opposition politicians and German TV journalists.
Later, the agency commanders became involved in the scandal around alleged poisoning of Viktor Yushchenko—a main candidate in the 2004 Ukrainian presidential election.
www.biologydaily.com /biology/SBU   (566 words)

  
 NEW DATA CREATES DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE OF ORANGE REVOLUTIONARIES, VOTERS - Eurasia Daily Monitor
Democratic Initiatives was one of four Ukrainian sociological organizations involved in organizing exit polls during the 2004 Ukrainian presidential election.
During the 2004 election, polls revealed that 33% of Yushchenko voters and only 13% of Yanukovych voters were ready to participate in sanctioned rallies.
After decades of Soviet propaganda and the anti-Yushchenko campaign of 2004, eastern Ukrainians remain convinced that any violence in the election must have been organized by Yushchenko "nationalists." They refused to believe that in reality, Yanukovych voters were behind all of the violence.
jamestown.org /edm/article.php?article_id=2370130   (932 words)

  
 Project Censored Media democracy in action
In November 2004 major U.S. media gave headline news treatment to the Ukrainian Presidential election fraud, explicitly citing the exit polls as definitive evidence of fraud.
The 2000, 2002 and 2004 elections fraud underscores the critical importance of building a mass movement, a movement of resistance that doesn’t tie itself to the electoral road and electoral parties.
In the past, presidential challengers tend to do better against an incumbent President among the undecided voters during the last three days of the elections, and that appears to be the case here.
www.projectcensored.org /newsflash/voter_fraud.html   (5522 words)

  
 Oleksander_Moroz   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
He had previously run as a presidential candidate in the 1994 and 1999 elections, when he came in third place both times, with 13.04% of the votes in 1994 and 11.29% in 1999.
Since 2001, he has been a member of a special board "Forum of national salvation", a representative of a Public Committee of Protection of the Constitution "Ukraine Without Kuchma" in charge of negotiations with representatives of the regime.
He also speaks in support of the preservation of land for Ukrainian farmers and has made many promises about resolving social problems, using socialist rhetoric.
www.exoticfelines.com /search.php?title=Oleksander_Moroz   (227 words)

  
 CNN.com - Ukraine challenger in strike call - Nov 24, 2004
The country's election commission has declared PM Viktor Yanukovych the winner of a hotly contested presidential runoff, but U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell quickly dismissed the contest as marred by fraud.
Yuschenko then told supporters he was prepared to rerun the election provided it was overseen by honest officials.
Should Ukraine's parliament pass a no-confidence vote against the election commission, the matter would go to the Supreme Court, which could then annul the vote in some areas, including some in which as much as 95 percent of the vote was reported cast for Yanukovych.
www.cnn.com /2004/WORLD/europe/11/24/ukraine   (712 words)

  
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 CleanFunny | Satirizing Electronic Voting Systems - Humorous Short Story   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
True News Update: U.S. President narrowly wins 2004 re-election, but key state (Ohio) used Diebold electronic voting machines in many areas that have no paper trail, and no verifiable way to explain inconsistencies with exit polls.
Before the election, a reader claimed this was nonsense, but now we see and read proof of occurrence in the Dan Rather/CBS scandal brought to the public's attention soon after the 2004 U.S. Presidential election concluded.
Please be a responsible voter and vote for candidates closest to your beliefs in truth, justice, ethics, and morals, rather than allowing possibly biased media sources to compromise your ideals.
www.cleanfunny.com /Hilarious-Funny-Laugh.php/presidential-elections-electronic-voting.html   (609 words)

  
 Ukrainian_presidential_election,_2004
On November 28th, Yuri Luzhkov, the Mayor of Moscow, gave a speech denouncing the Ukrainian opposition, calling its members a "sabbath of witches" pretending to "represent the whole of the nation" [3] (http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/28/international/europe/28cnd-ukraine.html?ex=1102309200anden=ff2c4369fabe9ed3andei=5040andpartner=MOREOVER).
However, later Karimov criticized Russia's involvement in the Ukrainian election, saying that "Russia’s excessive demonstration of its willingness to see a certain outcome in the vote has done more harm than good." [4] (http://www.mosnews.com/news/2004/12/02/karimov.shtml)
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www.plasmatvwholesaler.com /search.php?title=Ukrainian_presidential_election,_2004   (2139 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Europe | Yushchenko wins Ukraine election
"The Ukrainian elections have moved substantially closer to meet OSCE standards," said Bruce George, the head of an Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) monitoring mission.
Many Ukrainians, going back to the polls for the third time in less than two months, said they wanted to end the country's bitter political crisis.
The opposition leader has suggested he was poisoned at a dinner with heads of the Ukrainian security service (SBU) - an allegation denied by the SBU.
news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/europe/4127203.stm   (572 words)

  
 Voice of the Prokonsul
It is Ukrainians who have risen up, joined together, and finally have hope that things here can change.
There are demonstrations before Ukrainian and Russian embassies and such.
Honestly, the gulf between Bush and Kerry is nothing compared to the one between the ukrainian candidates.
prokonsul.blogspot.com /2004_11_01_prokonsul_archive.html   (2223 words)

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