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Daily Voting News For October 23, 2008

Published: Fri 24 Oct 2008 12:23 PM
Daily Voting News For October 23, 2008 – Morning Edition
Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
12 days until Election Day.
There is just too much news to fit into one email today so there will be one edition this morning (Pac time) and one at the normal time. We will be doing that through the election as the amount of news grows.
So far today a federal lawsuit has been filed in Pennsylvania seeking an earlier use of emergency paper ballots than is presently the dictate of the Secretary of State. The SoS has dictated that emergency ballots can only be used when all of the machines at a poll site are shut-down for some reason. The lawsuit hopes to loosen up that dictate to when 50% of the machines are shut-down for some reason.
While the West Virginia SoS has dictated that all of the states ES iVotronic touch-screen machines must be recalibrated we are still getting reports of vote switching. ...
National: Editorial - Sorry, I Can’t Find Your Name LINK
National: Election officials try to ease long voting lines LINK
National: Errors, mischief could lead to long election night LINK
National: Mickey Mouse Operation
Making sense of the confusing, contentious "problem" of voter fraud. LINK
National: Chocolate News on the proper care of our voting machines LINK
National: Here's an outstanding article on massive voter purges going on LINK
National: POLITICS-US: E-Voting Worries Focus on Swing States LINK
National: Enough Voting Machine Problems, Let's Return to Traditional Ballot Box LINK
National: Stop, Drop, and Poll - What to Do if You Have Problems Voting LINK
Arizona: Pima County - Count the Votes
What's a voter to do in Pima County--wear a foil hat and pray Attorney General Terry Goddard puts an end to the RTA election distrust? LINK
California: Los Angeles County - Voting Registrations Break Records, Early Voting Continues LINK
Colorado: Arapahoe County - Perlmutter waits for response after requesting monitors LINK
Florida: No Confidence Vote LINK
Florida: Internet Voting in Florida Raises Security Concerns: Geek the Vote LINK
Florida: More Florida Counties Give Unverified Voters Leeway LINK
Florida: Lawyer: Voter matching can be done at polls LINK
Florida: Students at FAMU, FSU and TCC playing larger role in presidential politics LINK
Florida: Early voting wait times in Miami-Dade, Broward posted online LINK
Florida: Palm Beach County - Vote tabulating machines pass test as absentee ballot count awaits LINK
Florida: Volusia County - Central Florida Foreclosures Could Lead To Challenges At The Polls LINK
Georgia: Fulton County - Glitch Keeps Fulton Voters Waiting For Hours
Computers Lose Connection To State's Database LINK
Illinois: Cook County - The Machine Vote
Despite millions of dollars spent on new electronic election equipment in Illinois, many still wonder, "Will my vote count?" LINK
Kansas: Sedgwick County - First day of advance voting sees big crowd LINK
Maryland: Poll location vital for vote to count LINK
Minnesota: Election Day hash LINK
New Jersey: NJ Elections Board Says This Election Is Too Important To Allow Outside Observers LINK
New Mexico: ACLU Calls for Criminal Investigation of Bernalillo County Clerk's Office, GOP LINK
Nevada: Nevada Secretary of State Rebuffs Latest GOP Effort To Suppress Vote LINK
New York: Thousands dropped from local voter rolls LINK
New York: Monroe County - Homeless Face Challenges in Voting LINK
Ohio: Brunner disallows mismatch challenges
Directive to counties' elections officials comes after victories in court LINK
Ohio: Ashland County - Ashland professor challenges voting rights / Filing claims juvenile inmates at Mohican facility shouldn't be allowed to vote in Ashland County LINK
Ohio: Ross County - Official to board of elections: Focus on local voters
Secretary of state visits office in Ross County LINK
Pennsylvania: Press Release - Coalition of Voters and Civil Rights Groups File Federal Lawsuit in Pennsylvania Seeking Emergency Paper Ballots LINK
Pennsylvania: Lawsuit: Paper ballots should be on hand in Pa. LINK
Pennsylvania: Lawsuit: Paper ballots should be on hand in Pa. LINK
Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania Department of State Debunks Myths Associated With Election, Voting LINK
South Carolina: Beaufort County - County election officials assert that votes have been correctly tabulated LINK
South Carolina: Beaufort County - Election officials: Voting machine, paper ballot problems resolved LINK
Texas: Travis County fights misleading voting advice LINK
Texas: Travis County - Ignore straight-ticket voting rumors, clerk says
Voting straight party and also for individual candidate, will cancel vote on electronic ballot, DeBeauvoir says. LINK
Texas: Lubbock County - Disabled Lubbock Citizens Have More Voting Options Than Ever LINK
Wisconsin: Voter fraud, suppression battle to intensify as election approaches LINK
West Virginia: Subject: Take Action to Stop Vote Flipping in West Virginia LINK
West Virginia: W.Va. official stands by touch-screen voting LINK
West Virginia: Ireland says WV voting machines O.K. LINK
West Virginia: West Virginia reassures voters about e-voting machines LINK
West Virginia: Berkeley County - More voting problems reported
Martinsburg man says machine switched Democratic vote to Republican 5 times LINK
West Virginia: Wyoming County - Voting errors
Perhaps Wyoming County’s antiquated’ ballots aren’t so bad 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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