http://www.commondreams.org/news2004/1123-13.htmOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NOVEMBER 23, 2004
4:11 PM
CONTACT: Congressman Jerrold Nadler
New York: 212-367-7350
D C: 202-225-5635
Government Accountability Office to Conduct Investigation of 2004 Election
Irregularities
WASHINGTON -- November 23 -- Reps. John Conyers, Jr., Jerrold Nadler, Robert Wexler, Robert Scott, and Rush
Holt announced today that, in response to their November 5 and 8 letters to the Government Accountability Office
(GAO), the GAO has decided to move forward with an investigation of election irregularities in the 2004 election.
The five Members issued the following statement:
"We are pleased that the GAO has reviewed the concerns expressed in our letters and has found them of
sufficient merit to warrant further investigation. On its own authority, the GAO will examine the security and
accuracy of voting technologies, distribution and allocation of voting machines, and counting of provisional ballots.
We are hopeful that GAO's non-partisan and expert analysis will get to the bottom of the flaws uncovered in the
2004 election. As part of this inquiry, we will provide copies of specific incident reports received in our offices,
including more than 57,000 such complaints provided to the House Judiciary Committee.
"The core principle of any democracy is the consent of the governed. All Americans, no matter how they voted,
need to have confidence that when they cast their ballot, their voice is heard."
The Members listed above were joined in requesting the non-partisan GAO investigation by Reps. Melvin Watt,
John Olver, Bob Filner, Gregory Meeks, Barbara Lee, Tammy Baldwin, Louise Slaughter and George Miller.
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