From PRI, Public Radio International and KCRW Santa Monica, this is To the Point.

Are America's elections free and fair?

Hello again, I'm Mormon-Aulny, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International,

a daily look at the issues. Americans care about most.

In America,

the right to vote is supposedly sacred, but conflicting laws and shady practices cast doubt on the fairness and accuracy of many elections. Electronic voting machines are the latest cause for concern

about technological snafus, ill-trained poll workers, and opportunities for partisan manipulation.

Using computer software, Texas Republicans and California Democrats have drawn district boundaries that virtually guarantee who gets elected to Congress.

On to the point, six years after the famous debacle in Florida, what's happened to election reform?

On reporter's notebook later on, why are gasoline prices going down?

First, here's the news. Support for To the Point comes from subscribers of KCRW Santa Monica and from the Public Radio International Program Fund, whose contributors include the Ford Foundation and the John D.

and Catherine T. McArthur

Foundation. Hello again. Warren Alney, back with To the Point. Six years after the presidential

debacle in Florida, there still is no national system to oversee federal elections. On To the

Point, will electronic voting machines provide accurate tabulations? What about technical

snafus, ill-trained poll workers,

and partisan manipulation? On reporter's notebook, after months of dire predictions that it would

never happen, the price of gasoline is declining. Is it politics, the market, or both? First, this

news update, President Bush said today, he has declassified the national intelligence

estimate, the NIE, that reportedly says the war in Iraq has increased the threat of terrorism.

Now, you know what's interesting about the NIE? It was an intelligence report done last April.

As I understand, the conclusions, the evidence on the conclusions reached was stopped being gathered

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