Report: Voting problems in several swing states - "But Tova Wang of Common Cause said there is a very good chance, with all of the new voters that we are going to see this year, that there will be a big demand for the use of provisional ballots. And yet I see nothing, except in one of the 10 states, that the states are doing to ensure that there will be enough provisional ballots on hand so that they don't run out of them. Ideally, provisional ballots should be on hand for 10 percent of the voting population.'" 9/18/08
Research shows how poll workers on the front lines of elections affect voter confidence - "Large numbers of provisional ballots could be thrown away if voters aren't notified that they need to take further steps for their vote to be counted. Analysis of the 2004 election showed that a third of all provisional ballots were uncounted, with similar results in 2006." 9/3/08
What Barriers Stand in Your Way to the Polls? - "Established by Congress after the 2000 election and intended as a safety measure, provisional ballots instead turned into the greatest generator of uncounted votes. In 2004, out of nearly 2 million provisional ballots, one in three were uncounted, thrown out like constitutional confetti. An analysis of the 2006 election found similar results." 6/4/08