WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US government is ill-prepared to address allegations of voting fraud should they arise during next month's presidential and legislative elections, a congressional report concluded.
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) Congress's independent investigative arm, determined in a 106-page report that the US Justice Department (news - web sites) has not established procedures for documenting voting irregularities or voter intimidation, and has no clearcut policy for responding to such allegations.
Lawmakers who requested the report expressed outrage at the findings.
"It is inexcusable that the Justice Department is not fully prepared to protect the right of all Americans to vote," said Representative Henry Waxman (news, bio, voting record), a Democrat from California.
"The Justice Department does not have the systems in place that are necessary to respond to reports of voters being turned away from the polls on Election Day," he said.
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