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Daily Voting News For October 30, 2008

Published: Fri 31 Oct 2008 09:22 AM
Daily Voting News For October 30, 2008
Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
5 days until Election Day.
A deal was struck last evening in Colorado with the Secretary of State. 20,000 voters who were illegally purged from the state’s voter rolls will now be allowed to vote using provisional ballots and those ballots will get priority handling and a presumption of validity by Colorado counties.
The Reform Institute, a non-partisan public policy organization, today released a checklist to assist voters in casting their ballots. The checklist provides helpful tips for voters, especially those going to the polls for the first time, to facilitate a voting process free of complications....
Featured - CO: Deal ensures 20,000 taken off rolls can to vote LINK
Featured - National: Guide for Navigating the Polls Released Checklist Helps Prepare and Inform Voters for Election Day LINK
National: Lab that Tests and Certifies Voting Machines Suspended LINK
National: Experts see potential problems on Election Day LINK
National: Election officials brace for huge turnout LINK
National: Legal battles over balloting LINK
National: ACLU Launches Voter Empowerment Program LINK
National: Paper Ballot Has Md.'s, Va.'s Vote 2 States Plan to Ditch Electronic Machines, Part of a Rapid National Reversal LINK
National: Editorial - The Success of Early Voting LINK
National: Glitch reports mount for e-voting machines LINK
National: Telling No Lies and Still Not Telling the Truth LINK
National: BLACK LEGAL ISSUES: Does the 'Help America Vote Act of 2002' really guarantee your right to vote? LINK
National: Vote watchdogs warn of troubles on election day LINK
National: Have American Elections Really Been Stolen? LINK
National: Election officials brace for huge turnout LINK
Arizona: Pima County - Big turnout, long lines expected on Election Day Half of votes cast may be from early voting LINK
Colorado: Colorado Sued To Reverse Voter Purges LINK
Florida: Election revolt over provisional ballots LINK
Florida: Sarasota County - Feds move to suspend company that certified electronic voting machines that Sarasota County used in contested 2006 congressional election. LINK
Georgia: Georgia to 4,770: Your vote is ‘challenged’ LINK
Georgia: State to notify 4,770 their votes are ‘challenged’ LINK
Georgia: Editorial - Early-voting hours must be extended LINK
Georgia: Coweta County - 26 percent have voted in Coweta LINK
Illinois: Sangamon County returns to paper ballots LINK
Indiana: Voter registry concerns emerging LINK
Kentucky: State making progress on voting systems LINK
Massachusetts: Where voting machines reside LINK
Missouri: St. Louis voters will test election plans LINK
North Carolina: Guilford County - Officials: Voting machines fine LINK
North Carolina: Guilford County - Editorial: Make early voting easy LINK
New York: Voting machine approval hits delay Testing company loses federal certification; decision won't impact Tuesday's vote LINK
Ohio: ACLU Urges Rejection Of 200,00 Voter Challenges LINK
Ohio: Possible voter-fraud cases keep cropping up LINK
Ohio: In Ohio, Wary Eyes On Election Process Fears of Fraud and Blocked Votes LINK
Ohio: Ashland County - Voting lawsuit asks: Where should inmates register? LINK
Pennsylvania: Opinion - Having paper ballots on hand sensible as backup to machines LINK
Pennsylvania: Court Orders Pa. to Provide Paper Ballots LINK
Pennsylvania: Federal Judge Rules in Favor of Plaintiff Demand for Emergency Paper Ballots in PA (With Updates) LINK
Pennsylvania: Paper's ready if machines fail voters LINK
Pennsylvania: Will every vote count? LINK
Pennsylvania: Westmoreland County - County bans cameras from polls LINK
Texas: More Vote-Flipping In TX From Dems To Republicans LINK
Texas: Beaumont voter complaint makes CNN blog LINK
Texas: Galveston County - Blunder at polls casts doubt on school bond LINK
Texas: Webb County - Paper ballots Agreement states only the disabled will use voting machines LINK
West Virginia: Machine filmed flipping votes Group did not use part where it worked, Jackson clerk says LINK
West Virginia: Secretary of State Wants Voters to Stay Confident 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
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March 22, 2008

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