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Daily Voting News For October 2, 2008

Published: Fri 3 Oct 2008 04:55 PM
Daily Voting News For October 2, 2008
Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
The latest testing results from Palm Beach Co Florida seem to clearly point to problems with the voting machines. It wasn’t the only problem the county had in the primary but it seems to have been a large part of it.
Tomorrow (Friday) there will be a hearing in Washington DC to discuss and take testimony about the failures in their primary election. How did one precinct have over a thousand more votes than they had voters? Again this seems to clearly be a machine issue.
The tie that binds Palm Beach Co and Washington DC together is that their voting machines were all supplied by Sequoia Voting Systems. ...
National: States ready e-voting systems as Election Day approaches
Many states switch to paper ballots in continuing migration from touch-screen e-voting machines LINK
National: News Release - The Rights of Students to Register and to Vote LINK
National: Voting groups release guidelines for e-voting checks LINK
National: Getting out the voter suppression
Heading Into November with New Worries About Anti-Vote Tactics LINK
National: Voting goes to court
Registration lawsuits could shape election LINK
National: Voters beware: Identity thieves using voting system to steal voters' personal information LINK
National: Reports Show Widespread Confusion About The Voting Rights Of People With Criminal Records LINK
National: Victory rests on using infantry, lawyers LINK
National: Electronic Voting Puts Votes at Risk LINK
National: Making Every Ballot Count: U.Va. Professor Reviews History of Voting Machines LINK
National: Richard Hayes Phillips on VoteRescue Radio Friday, October 3, 6-8PM CST LINK
California: Nevada County - County has biggest percentage of mail-in voters in state LINK
Florida: Voters to Florida Secretary of State Browning: No Match - No Vote is Bad Enough, Don’t Make It Worse LINK
Florida: General election registration deadline Monday LINK
Florida: Palm Beach County - Partial recount yields same vote totals LINK
Florida: Palm Beach County's ballot-counting machines off by dozens in tests LINK
Florida: Lawyer says Palm Beach County voting machines need repair LINK
Georgia: Lincoln County - Electors urged to check voter registration status LINK
Illinois: Judge orders state to scrap ballot wording month before vote LINK
Illinois: Judge: Constitutional convention must be remedied before election LINK
Illinois: Judge Orders Stop On Absentee Ballot Mailing LINK
Indiana: Hamilton County - County leasing extra voting machines for Election Day LINK
Minnesota: Minneapolis OK for '09 instant-runoff , official says
But implementing the system, which lets voters rank first and second choices, may require hand-counting and may delay results. LINK
Minnesota: Ritchie speaks on voting LINK
Montana: Missoula voters my receive letter to re-register LINK
Montana: State GOP challenges eligibility of voters LINK
Montana: State GOP challenges eligibility of 6,000 voters LINK
New Jersey: Judge Suppresses Report on Voting Machine Security LINK
Nevada: Miller warns of voter 'confusion' LINK
New York: Beware I.D. theft scam on false voter signup LINK
Ohio: Lawsuit over Ohio Republican absentee-ballot applications thrown out LINK
Ohio: Editorial - Election Day starts early LINK
Ohio: Cuyahoga County - Cuyahoga voters still can repair outdated addresses on registrations LINK
Pennsylvania: Monroe County - NAACP plans lawsuit against elections board over polling site LINK
Virginia: On voter registration, an uneasy consensus LINK
Virginia: Secretary of State issues voter fraud advisory LINK
Virginia: Voters To Use Optical Scanners
Fairfax Machines Have Paper Trail LINK
Virginia: Prince William County - Local Voter Registration Jumps Ahead Of Deadline
County Getting 500 Applications a Day LINK
Wisconsin: J.B. Van Hollen's own voter registration may violate standard he's suing to enforce LINK
West Virginia: Tennant, Minimah call for review of electronic voting booths LINK
Overseas Voters: Overseas Vote Foundation Predicts Unprecedented
Overseas and Military Voter Participation - Presidential Campaigns Join Overseas and Military Voter Outreach Effort
https://www.overseasvotefoundation.org/2008-Media-Releases
**"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
"To encourage citizen ownership of transparent, participatory
democracy." The Creekside Declaration March 22, 2008

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