[7] The articles attempted to match voter rolls to each other,[8] which probably did not produce accurate results due to similarity of names.
[11][12][13] In every election, some voters encounter practical impediments to voting, such as long lines at the polling place.
Officials cited a late rush of registrations after voting machines had already been allocated as one source of long lines.
[17][better source needed][18] In the 2000 election, especially in the disputed recounts in Florida, there were issues concerning the ambiguities and uncertainties that arose from punch-card ballots, such as the hanging chads (incompletely punched holes).
[27][28] In September 2005, the Government Accountability Office released a report noting electronic voting systems hold promise for improving the election process while citing concerns about security and reliability raised by numerous groups, and detailing specific problems that have occurred.
The NEP report further stated that "Exit polls do not support the allegations of fraud due to rigging of voting equipment.
[40] Ralph Nader requested a recount of 11 wards in New Hampshire where vote totals for Bush were 5–15% higher than predicted by exit polls.
The Nader campaign reported that "only very minor discrepancies were found between the optical scan machine counts of the ballots and the recount.
[50] Independent candidate Ralph Nader obtained a recount in 11 New Hampshire precincts that used Accuvote voting machines.
[51] As a result of these conspiracy theories, some Democratic members of Congress asked for investigations into the vote count.
Boxer claimed that she had made the motion not to challenge the outcome, but "to cast the light of truth on a flawed system which must be fixed now.".
In the same article, Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean said "I'm not confident that the election in Ohio was fairly decided... We know that there was substantial voter suppression, and the machines were not reliable.
"[55] A 2005 report by Democratic House Judiciary Committee ranking member John Conyers titled What Went Wrong in Ohio claimed that "numerous serious election irregularities" and voter suppression by Republicans had caused Bush to win the state.
[56][57] The report was promoted by conspiracy theorists such as New York University professor Mark Crispin Miller[58] and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.,[59] as well as by author Gore Vidal.