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Midnight. although fernandez knew the projected results before she voted she wanted to vote for president obama. in the wake of the last florida voting debacle we had resolved to make things better. in 2002 congress passed the help america vote act which allocated almost $4 billion to states to help them make sweeping reforms to the voting process, yet reports from tuesday night dont inspire much confidence that things have been fixed. in fact, theres a good case to make that republicans have go...

Debacle. what most people dont know about 2000 was that in georgia more votes were lost than in florida. >> wow. >> florida was the focus because the election was close and florida determined the outcome. after florida the consensus in congress was we had to do something about voting. now we have to be careful not to talk about fixing elections. theres a difference between fixing elections and fixing voting. the consensus was we would repair the voting process, the hanging chad and those types o...

And you feed it to a machine so necessity have added a step to the voting process but it seemed fairly orderly and they did a nice job and, romney got two votes on the west side of manhattan. >>neil: probably two more than he would have gotten otherwise. so, the issue is, what we have been asking people, was there confusion because cuomo after the storm said anywhere in new york, you can vote. fur dislocated bit storm, you live brooklyn can you vote in manhattan and that is supposed to cause a p...

Happens to be a very partisan individual and that could be a problem. because were very, very anxious about an honest vote count and honest voting process at the ohio secretary of state and florida governor have done everything they can to discourage voting and thats something that we have to be very, very careful of. this has to be a fair election. weve got to be sure that its a fair election. were going to be very attentive to that. but i think if its a fair election were going to win. theres ...

Dan harris, abc news, new york. >> i think everybody wants the voting process to have integrity. its just a matter of people watching. what bias and agenda dupe they bring to the table. you have to watch out for that on both side. >> yes, it is subjective. though you hope it wouldnt be. well, still to come, our monday morning edition of "insomniac theatre." were going to take a look at the denzel washington movie "flight." but, first, man stranded in the middle of the wilderness as the full ...

Secretary of state is on their side, who happens to be a very partisan individual. that could be a problem, because were very, very anxious about an honest voting process. they have done everything they can to discourage voting. it has to be a fair election. weve got to be sure it thats a fair election. were going to be very aware of that. but people have really gotten excited about this president. the president himself has gotten more excited, which i always like to see. and the third piece abo...

It? is it really momentum? >> i dont think its real momentum. the other thing he didnt mention that they have in florida and ohio is the secretary of state is on their side, who happens to be a very partisan individual. that could be a problem, because were very, very anxious about an honest voting process. they have done everything they can to discourage voting. it has to be a fair election. weve got to be sure it thats a fair election. were going to be very aware of that. but people have reall...

Officials were convicted of rigging the 2004 presidential election recount. >> you could say there was systemic break down in 2006 of voting process because some of the problems that occurred. but, evaluating the situation as of today in 2012, i think its fair to say that that systemic breakdown did not reappear, for example in 2010. >> reporter: cuyahoga county officials say they have really overhauled the system, changed the procedures with more transparency and responsibility. for example, ab...

So they can handle the team and you can get back to handling voters. >> alert the legal team so they can handle the problem. why? you dont need a photo i.d. in iowa. after the video was posted, the romney campaign scrubbed the original voting video and released it. so why would the romney campaign train poll watchers in key states with information that could disrupt the voting process? hmm. i guess i just answered my own question. joining me now is scott who broke the story and joe madison, nati...

Reporting by sheldon adelson announced a smartphone app. quote, votestand will allow users to send photographs or videos of perceived illegal voting or improper electioneering to a team of experts that are interested in and investigating this issue. all of this is really towards having an unusual and possibly intimidating presence around the voting process. >> well, it is intimidating. look, jim crow used the rope. james crow, esquire, using an app. its all the same. voter intimidation. >> and a...