diff --git a/helios/fixtures/voter-file.csv b/helios/fixtures/voter-file.csv
index 7a6a77dd92094b73b8bf632d4b6d1c9bec624fa7..8bb842d14a785cc39fd8a44737955f4f78cbccb1 100644
--- a/helios/fixtures/voter-file.csv
+++ b/helios/fixtures/voter-file.csv
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-benadida5,ben5@adida.net,Ben5 Adida
+ benadida5,ben5@adida.net ,  Ben5 Adida 
 benadida6,ben6@adida.net,Ben6 Adida
 benadida7,ben7@adida.net,Ben7 Adida
 benadida8,ben8@adida.net,Ben8 Adida
diff --git a/helios/models.py b/helios/models.py
index e772a1fae3c76e1dc528dbb3fbb491fb9a82374a..b0d722f4c712889d559bbd1fc756ca3c11b68c4f 100644
--- a/helios/models.py
+++ b/helios/models.py
@@ -612,15 +612,15 @@ class VoterFile(models.Model):
         continue
     
       num_voters += 1
-      voter_id = voter[0]
+      voter_id = voter[0].strip()
       name = voter_id
       email = voter_id
     
       if len(voter) > 1:
-        email = voter[1]
+        email = voter[1].strip()
     
       if len(voter) > 2:
-        name = voter[2]
+        name = voter[2].strip()
     
       # create the user -- NO MORE
       # user = User.update_or_create(user_type='password', user_id=email, info = {'name': name})
diff --git a/helios/templates/stats_problem_elections.html b/helios/templates/stats_problem_elections.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..341e375dfd3945f7d8bb16a80f7d4d6fca0ffd44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helios/templates/stats_problem_elections.html
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{% extends TEMPLATE_BASE %}
+{% block title %}Statistics{% endblock %}
+
+{% block content %}
+<h1>Problematic Elections</h1>
+
+Unfrozen for more than a day.
+
+{% for election in elections %}
+<p>
+<b><a href="{% url helios.views.one_election_view election.uuid %}">{{election.name}}</a></b> -- {{election.num_voters}} voters
+</p>
+{% endfor %}
+
+{% endblock %}
diff --git a/helios/tests.py b/helios/tests.py
index a563ef7d5dc2cfd9d56a556bb1f90dde2560076e..340d5254bf473805cbe4dffc443d3a64e892e0b6 100644
--- a/helios/tests.py
+++ b/helios/tests.py
@@ -78,6 +78,11 @@ class ElectionModelTests(TestCase):
         vf = models.VoterFile.objects.create(election = election, voter_file = File(open(FILE), "voter_file.css"))
         vf.process()
 
+        # make sure that we stripped things correctly
+        voter = election.voter_set.get(voter_login_id = 'benadida5')
+        self.assertEquals(voter.voter_email, 'ben5@adida.net')
+        self.assertEquals(voter.voter_name, 'Ben5 Adida')
+
     def test_check_issues_before_freeze(self):
         # should be three issues: no trustees, and no questions, and no voters
         issues = self.election.issues_before_freeze