Daily Voting News For October 24, 2008 – Evening Edition
Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
12 days until Election Day.
This morning there were two press releases from Pennsylvania. The links were broken so I have re-posted those articles
to the top and added ‘tinyurls’.
Hispanic voters in Nevada are getting calls to tell them they can vote over the phone. The callers, Spanish speakers,
claim they are from one party yet the information they are passing on is clearly false and meant to disenfranchise the
unwary voter.
Sequoia Voting Systems appears to be in the middle of another huge problem in Washington DC. They printed and mailed
the Districts absentee ballots. It seems that either ballots were misprinted and races were left off or the wrong
ballots were sent to voters in the right wards. ...
PA: Press Release - Coalition of Voters and Civil Rights Groups File Federal Lawsuit in Pennsylvania Seeking Emergency
Paper Ballots LINK
Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania Department of State Debunks Myths Associated With Election, Voting LINK
National: ELECTION 2008: Recount Veteran Muses on Florida Legal Battles LINK
National: Errors, mischief could lead to long election night LINK
National: Opinion - Resources So All Can Vote LINK
National: Election Day Could Become 'Nightmare' LINK
National: How you can conduct a voter-verifiable election online, right now LINK
National: Big Setbacks for GOP Voter Suppression Efforts in Swing States LINK
National: How can we fight voter suppression? LINK
Arkansas: St. Francis County - Poll workers, voters discuss early-voting process in SFC LINK
Arizona: Out-of-state, Out of Luck? LINK
California: Orange County - Wells Fargo will use employees as poll workers in 'corporate sponsorship' deal with Orange
County LINK
Colorado: El Paso County - No margin for errors
More near-misses and mistakes highlight election-related pressures LINK
Delaware: Opinion - Rumor about election malfunctions sparks extra inspections LINK
Florida: Voting Rights Watch: Controversy intensifies over Florida voter ID requirements LINK
Florida: Polk and Sarasota Counties - Some voters are mailed incomplete ballots LINK
Georgia: Can’t ‘Video Your Vote’ in Ga. LINK
Maryland: Election officials brace for historic turn-out LINK
New Jersey: E-Vote: Clash Over New Jersey Voting Machine Reliability LINK
Nevada: Voting controversy surfaces
Issue concerns those who registered with missing, incorrect information LINK
New York: Voter Groups Issue Election Report Card LINK
Pennsylvania:Federal Lawsuit Finally Filed Against PA to Demand Emergency Paper Ballots for Voters
NAACP, Voting Rights Coalition Demand Paper Ballots If 'Majority' of Voting Machines Fail LINK
Pennsylvania: Turnout may be both blessing and curse
Valley officials gird for record numbers -- and maybe gridlock -- at local polls. LINK
Pennsylvania: State fights two lawsuits over voting rights LINK
Pennsylvania: Cortes Responds to Voter Fraud Suit Allegations LINK
Pennsylvania: Lawsuit: Paper ballots should be on hand in Pa. LINK
Pennsylvania: Wayne County - County sells electronic voting machines LINK
Tennessee: ES Voting Machines in Tennessee Flip Votes LINK
Texas: Harris County - For more, a vote along party line is just the ticket
Lengthy ballot here is cited as one impetus for straight voting LINK
West Virginia: Who's to blame for jumping votes on WV touchscreen machines? LINK
West Virginia: Voters allege e-voting machines switching votes LINK
West Virginia: Vote Flips 5 Times From Dem to Rep for Voter in Yet Another WV County
Epidemic of ES iVotronic Touch-Screen Voting Machine Failures - Now in At Least Two States - Continues to Grow... LINK
Washington DC: Ballot snafu could affect D.C. absentee voters LINK
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John Gideon
Co-Executive Director
VotersUnite.Org
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