Daily Voting News For October 1, 2008
Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
In one of our ‘Featured’ articles CBS Evening News has raised the “Red Flag On Purging Voter Rolls”. This article
reports on a just released report from the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law on voter roll
purges. The report “provides troubling new insight into the process. There are no national standards and as a result,
the cleaning up of voter rolls is not as precise as it should be and eligible voters are often wrongly removed.
”The Brennan report calls the nationwide process "chaotic," "shrouded in secrecy", "riddled with inaccuracies", "prone
to error" and "vulnerable to manipulation."”
Our second ‘Featured’ article is a report done by USPIRG (Public Interest Research Group) in which they blow the whistle
on nineteen states that are violating federal law in their handling of voter roll purges.
Neither of these articles should have been necessary. State election officials should be carefully following the law and
carefully ensuring voter rolls are properly purged and not in such a way as to deny legally registered voters their
right to vote. Any election official who does not feel the need to ensure due diligence should be replaced and, if they
violated federal law, they should be investigated for that violation. ...
Featured - National: Red Flag On Purging Voter Rolls
CBS Evening News Investigates Little-Known, Problem-Ridden Process That Could Endanger Your Vote LINK
Featured - National: Washington, D.C.: Nineteen States Not Enforcing Federal Laws on Voter Lists LINK
National: News Release - The Secret World of Voter Purges LINK
National: Report raises concerns of 'partisan manipulation' in voter purges LINK
National: CBS News: New Study Details Massive Voter Roll Purges Underway in At Least 19 States LINK
National: Partisan Contractors To Count Nov. Election Votes LINK
National: Election officials are confused about who can vote LINK
National: 24-Step Checklist Offers Ballot Counting Standards LINK
National: Miss., Fla. election officials visit US troops LINK
National: Minds made up, millions voting early LINK
National: US Elections: Win, Lose or Steal?
An organized assault on the voting process has become an election day tradition since 2000 LINK
National: Foreclosures Lead to Allegations of Planned Voter Suppression LINK
National: At the polls: Observers will be deployed across the country LINK
Alabama: NAACP challenges state prison ban on voter registration LINK
Arizona: Arizona develops online ballots to give voters overseas a chance to cast ballots via the Web LINK
California: Bowen blasts Schwarzenegger from loooooong distance LINK
California: Lake County - Registrar's Office gears up for election season crunch time LINK
California: Riverside County - Elections watchdogs skeptical of choice for Riverside County vote system audit LINK
California: Riverside County - Supervisors table elections review until next week LINK
Colorado: E-scanner will speed Morgan County voting results count LINK
Connecticut: Bridgeport - Tally wrong for laid-off voting tech pay LINK
Florida: Editorial - Florida still erecting roadblocks to voting LINK
Florida: ID-match law stalls 5,000 voter applications LINK
Florida: 'No-match' law is fair to voters, Crist says
Gov. Charlie Crist rebuffed calls from voter groups to suspend the controversial 'no-match' registration law, saying he
has confidence in it and Florida's election system. LINK
Florida: Outcry raised over voter ID law LINK
Florida: ACORN challenges Crist on "no match" law LINK
Florida: Two Palm Beach County voting scanners to be tested for accuracy LINK
Georgia: Muscogee County - New Report Says Muscogee County Board Of Elections Dropped LINK
Illinois: Clerk says provisional ballots offer last resort LINK
Kentucky: E-Vote: Kentucky Counties Move to Digital Scan Voting Equipment LINK
Louisiana: Better Business Bureau: BBB warns of voter registration fraud LINK
Michigan: Lose Your House, Lose Your Vote LINK
Minnesota: Students urged to vote LINK
Mississippi: On Mideast visit, Hosemann outlines military voting LINK
Nevada: Voter Challenges LINK
New York: Warn Of ID Theft Scams By People Offering Voter Reg Help
The Consumer Protection Board urges consumers not to give out their Social Security or other numbers to unsolicited
callers LINK
Ohio: GOP Loses Challenge to Early Ohio Voting LINK
Ohio: Ohio moves to curb voter caging LINK
Ohio: Same Day Early Voting and Voter Registration Goes Smoothly LINK
Ohio: Process for early voting can be improved LINK
Ohio: Ohio 2008 opens with a subpoena, a surge and calls for election protection LINK
Pennsylvania: Secretary Cortes Encourages Troops to Vote Via Absentee Ballot during Stops in Iraq, Kuwait LINK
Pennsylvania: Bucks County - Bucks GOP leaders deny election official's claims LINK
Virginia: Advocacy group: Va. is a potential source of dispute LINK
Virginia: Powhatan County - Voter turnout expected to soar LINK
**"Daily Voting News" is meant as a comprehensive listing of reports each day concerning issues related to election and
voting news around the country regardless of quality or political slant. Therefore, items listed in "Daily Voting News"
may not reflect the opinions of VotersUnite.Org or Scoop.**
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John Gideon
Co-Executive Director
VotersUnite.Org
www.votersunite.org
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