United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2001-10-15 monographic deposited born digital 25 p. GA 1.13:GAO-02-122 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-122 P0b002ee180397a79 f:d02122 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-122 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-122 GAO-02-122 Elections Electronic equipment Voting records Minorities Disadvantaged persons Standards and standardization 2000 Decennial Census Other Written Product A02295 Following the 2000 presidential election, concerns were raised about the election process, including the ability of some voting equipment to render a complete and accurate vote count. Further, minorities and disadvantaged voters were seen as more likely to have their votes not counted because they may have used less reliable voting equipment than affluent white voters. While the state in which counties are located had more of an effect on the number of uncounted presidential votes than counties' demographic characteristics or voting equipment, there were statistically significant effects on uncounted presidential votes. State differences accounted for 26 percent of the total variation in uncounted presidential votes across counties. State differences may have included such factors as statewide voter education efforts, state standards for determining what is a valid vote, the use of straight party ballots, the number of candidates on the ballot, the use of provisional ballots, and the extent to which absentee or early voting occurred. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-122/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-122.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-122/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-122.pdf GAO-02-122 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-122 Other Written Product GAO-02-122; Elections: Statistical Analysis of Factors That Affected Uncounted Votes in the 2000 Presidential Election; Elections Electronic equipment Voting records Minorities Disadvantaged persons Standards and standardization 2000 Decennial Census