MIAMI – At a 4 p.m. news conference today, the Miami-Dade Election Reform Coalition will release an in-depth analysis of problems at the polls during the November 2004 presidential election.

The findings of the coalition, which are outlined in the following detailed 30-page report: ("Get it Right the First Time" - "Appendices", both .pdf format), indicate that during the November election, Miami-Dade County experienced serious problems with policies and procedures that are supposed to protect the integrity of the ballot count.

The post-election analysis by Martha R. Mahoney, Professor of Law at the University of Miami School of Law, includes detailed statistics and summaries of problems that were uncovered during early voting and poll closing, including vote-counting problems, discrepancies between the number of voters and the number of ballots and touch-screen voting machines breakdowns.

Copies of the report will be made available for reporters and can be downloaded here: "Get it Right the First Time" "Appendices".

Who: Lida Rodriguez-Taseff, Chair, Miami-Dade Election Reform Coalition, Dan McCrea, Government Relations Chair, Martha R. Mahoney, Professor of Law at the University of Miami School of Law and Howard Simon, Executive Director of the ACLU of Florida, a member of the coalition.

What: News conference to release November 2004 election report entitled GET IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME, Poll Closing Observation, Ballot Accounting, and Electronic Voting Security

When: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 at 4 p.m.

Where: ACLU of Florida Offices, 4500 Biscayne Blvd., Suite 340