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Daily Voting News For October 24, 2008

Friday, 24 October 2008, 12:40 pm
Column: John Gideon

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

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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&S 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&S 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

**"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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