Daily Voting News For October 21, 2008
Wednesday, 22 October 2008, 2:33 pm
Column: John Gideon
Daily Voting News For October 21,
2008
Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
14 days until Election Day.
New York state officials
have either purged or made inactive over 1.6 million voters.
That is a huge number and with that large a number there
will certainly be problems.
Georgia’s Secretary of
State is doing all she can to suppress the vote. She is
requiring a waiting period between voters registering and
voting. She has also instituted checks on citizenship and ID
at registration even though the Justice Department has
warned her that she can’t do that without pre-clearance.
The state is also woefully behind in processing new voter
registrations.
We’ve also got more reports of vote
swapping in West Virginia, Tennessee, and Texas and long
lines across the nation.
Straight-party voting in Texas
continues to cause problems for voters. Voters need to be
told to not vote straight-party. Vote for each race but vote
the whole ballot....
Featured - NY:
Over 1,500,000 NYS Voters Purged LINK Featured - GA:
Don’t do it, Karen! LINK National:
Attention Voters: Here's What You Have to Do to Make Sure
You Get to Vote LINK
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Voters using e-voting machines urged to check printouts
to verify their choices LINK National: Pew
warns 'perfect storm' on election day could complicate vote
count LINK National: Early
voting suggests 2008 may see record turnout, expert says LINK California: L.A.
County probes possible errors in absentee ballot mailing
A Baldwin Hills man told officials he had been issued an
incorrect ballot and used it to vote. LINK California:
Orange County - SoCal voters cast ballots in drive-through
style LINK Colorado:
Interest in voting-by-mail skyrockets in Colorado LINK Colorado: Denver
- Early Voting Underway In Colorado
Some Voters Complain
About Ballot Shortages LINK Florida:
Editorial - In swing states like Florida, voters need to
know rights LINK Florida: Florida
hopes optical scan machines avoid recount repeat LINK Florida: Broward
County - Early voting opens in Broward County with lines,
three-hour waits LINK Florida: Broward
County - CNN reporter waits 3 hours on voting line in
Florida LINK Florida: Duval
County - Officials Discuss Early Voting Problems LINK Florida: Duval
County - Lines, Voting Problems Continue For 2nd Day
Despite Delays, 11,970 In Duval Voted Monday LINK Florida: Leon
County overcomes voting snag LINK Florida:
Miami-Dade County - Congressman Meek seethes over long
early-voting lines LINK Florida:
Miami-Dade County - More machines added to handle
early-voting crowds
Voters came out in big numbers
across South Florida the first day of early voting -- so
much so that more machines are being added to handle crowds.
LINK Georgia:
Three-judge panel to hear arguments in Georgia voter ID
lawsuit LINK Iowa: Some good,
some bad in Iowa's use of ballots LINK Illinois: DuPage
County - Early voting in DuPage exceeds expectations LINK Indiana: Lake
County - Judge tours early voting sites, anticipates ruling
today LINK Indiana:
Tippecanoe County - More machines coming for Purdue's early
voting LINK Michigan: MI
Dems, GOP Settle Suit Over Use of Foreclosure to Challenge
Voters — But Fight Goes On LINK Michigan: Voter
suit settlement reached
Both Dems, GOP agree foreclosure
lists won't be used in poll challenges, but plan's existence
still disputed. LINK Missouri: Greene
County - Getting your vote costs taxing districts plenty LINK New Jersey:
Report finds New Jersey voting machines flawed LINK New Jersey:
Reports warn of tampering risks in New Jersey's electronic
voting LINK New Jersey:
Union County Clerk says voting machines are unreliable;
encourages voting by mail LINK Nevada:
Republican Party challenging some voters LINK New York: Voter
rolls drop 1.6 million names LINK Ohio:
Voter-registration lawsuit against Brunner is dropped LINK Ohio: Death
Threats, Hack Attempts Beseige OH Sec. of State's Office
Website Set to 'Static Mode' After 'Security Breaches',
Threatening Packages, Messages Received Following Brunner's
Legal Tussles With State Republicans LINK Ohio: Ohio
Secretary of State Site Hacked LINK Ohio: Breach
cripples Ohio Secretary of State's site
It's the latest
incident targeting Jennifer Brunner, who has criticized
e-voting LINK Ohio: Ohio
searches for state-site attacker LINK Ohio:
Republicans press voter registration challenges; Ohio Gov.
Ted Strickland calls for stop LINK Pennsylvania:
Allegheny Co. First In Nation To Test Voting Machine
Software LINK Pennsylvania:
VoteAllegheny accepts audit of Allegheny County voting
machines LINK Pennsylvania:
VotePA Statement On Allegheny County Software Verification
Testing LINK Pennsylvania:
Centre County - Optical scan voting machines to expedite
voting
New optical scan machines purchased by Centre
County should help the upcoming presidential voting process
run more smoothly. LINK South Carolina:
South Carolina among 10 least ready for voting glitches LINK Tennessee:
Davidson County - Vote Flipping in Davidson County,
Tennessee LINK Tennessee:
Davidson County - Election Integrity Filmmaker Sees Own Vote
Flipped on ESS Touch-Screens in TN LINK Texas: Dallas
County - Early Voting Can Be Fun! And Crowded! And
Confusing! Also, Troubling! LINK Texas: First day
of voting sees thousands flock to Travis County polling
sites LINK Texas: Travis
County - Dispelling electronic voting myths LINK Texas: Webb
County - Voting machines absent on first day of early voting
LINK Texas: Webb
County - Officials subpoenaed for hearing LINK Texas:
Williamson County - Problems at polls LINK Utah: Early
voting begins today in Utah LINK Utah: Washington
County - Card glitch snarls early voting LINK West Virginia:
West Virginia sets state voter registration record LINK West Virginia:
Voters in W.Va. Say Electronic Voting Machines Switched
their Obama Votes to McCain LINK West Virginia:
Voting Machines Switch Votes; Officials Blame Voters LINK West Virginia:
Ohio County - Voting Is a Touchy Business
Some machines
showing wrong choices in W.Va. LINK West Virginia:
Putnam County - Early-voting problems in Putnam
Touch-screen votes switched, then corrected 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.**
*************--
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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