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October Surprise: Goverment Computers To Go Offline During Voter Registration Peak

Posted from 911blogger.com blogs 65 days ago

AlterNet October Surprise: Goverment Computers To Go Offline During Voter Registration Peak By Wendy Weiser, Brennan Center for Justice Posted on September 25, 2008, Printed on September 30, 2008 http://www.alternet.org/story/100392/ A recent alert by the Social Security Administration announces that the agency plans to shut down its databases for maintenance from October 11 through October 13. While this might not sound like an election issue, it turns out that this could significantly impede registration of first-time voters as well as the re-registration of eligible citizens. Here's why. A... (original story)