Early voting is taking place in Shelby Co, Tennessee but the Memphis mayor wants the voting to stop and he seems to have convinced the city attorney that he is correct. The issue is that the county’s Diebold TSx voting machines seem to be flipping votes and numerous calls from voters to the mayor (a candidate) have convinced him that there is a problem. The city attorney actually went to one of the early voting sites and verified that touching just inside the lines separating the candidates would cast a vote to the name just above or below the voter's ion of choice. Amazingly the Shelby County Election Board chair had this to say, “…..we're comfortable with the fact that we tested those machines and there is nothing wrong with the way the machines are recording the votes. Apparently it's an issue of public education. If people press in the wrong area they're going to get the wrong result.” She also said that voters have a chance to correct their vote on the screen before they submit it. That’s the screen with the small writing that you didn’t do any voter education about? Is it any wonder that today’s “Enemy of Democracy” award goes to Myra Stiles for blaming the voter instead of the machines for the machines failures.

 

NAtional: Restore Integrity to Federal Elections

http://www.thenation.com/doc/20071001/norden

 

NAtional: HR 811, Unfunded Mandates, and the Protection of Civil Rights

http://www.votetrustusa.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2586&Itemid=26

 

NAtional: A Voting Test for the High Court

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/18/AR2007091801572.html

 

NAtional: Paper trail voting report hammers straw men, its own credibility

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070919-paper-trail-voting-report-hammers-straw-men-its-own-credibility.html

 

CA: Riverside County - Supervisors demand certified voting equipment for February primary

http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_D_votes19.3d1c4f0.html

 

CA: Riverside County - County wants state approval of voting machines

http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2007/09/19/news/californian/4_03_219_18_07.txt

 

CA: Riverside County - Riverside Co. Pulls Plug on Electronic Voting

http://www.kesq.com/Global/story.asp?S=7099281&nav=9qrx

 

CA: San Francisco - SF election outcomes won't be known for weeks

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/09/19/BA2MS9DIE.DTL

 

CA: San Francisco - Report: E-voting woes could stall S.F. election tally

http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9781576-7.html

 

CO: Montrose County - In-house ballots allow for savings

http://www.montrosepress.com/articles/2007/09/18/news/doc46f09033102a3781588925.txt

 

CT: Voting Officials Report Smooth Introduction of New Machines

http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18829191&BRD=1380&PAG=461&dept_id=157533&rfi=6

 

GA: Georgia voter ID faces election test

http://www.miamiherald.com/campaign08/story/242181.html

 

KY: Kentucky Attorney General Stumbo Issues Investigative Report on Kentucky’s Electronic Voting Systems

http://www.allamericanpatriots.com/48732534_kentucky_kentucky_attorney_general_stumbo_issues_investigative_report_kentucky_s_electronic

 

KY: Voting machines could be at risk, Stumbo says

http://www.kentucky.com/news/state/story/180488.html

 

KY: Grayson, Stumbo differ on voting machines

http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070919/NEWS01/709190814/1008/NEWS01

 

MS: Quitman County election panel claims voting fraud

http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18833218&BRD=2038&PAG=461&dept_id=230617&rfi=6

 

NC: Swain voter fraud investigation sent to feds

http://www.smokymountainnews.com/issues/09_07/09_19_07/fr_swain_voter.html

 

NM: Opinion - Voting by mail gets my full support

http://www.cnjonline.com/news/voting_23127___article.html/mail_vote.html

 

NY: Watchdogs Want to Block Touch-Screen Voting

http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/09/19/touch-screen-voting-a-touchy-issue/

 

NY: Groups find fault with state's plan to comply with federal voting law

http://www.pressconnects.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070919/NEWS01/709190379

 

NY: Nassau County - Critics slam plan for disabled voting equipment

http://www.newsday.com/news/local/state/ny-stvote195381122sep19,0,1652276.story

 

OH: Cuyahoga County – Editorial - Cuyahoga County bought touch-screen machines; it has to make them work - an editorial

http://www.cleveland.com/politics/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/opinion/119019307212800.xml&coll=2

 

OH: Liking County - More changes, decisions for election board

Secretary of state visits local officials, discusses voting machines

http://www.newarkadvocate.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070919/NEWS01/709190315/1002

 

PA: Wayne County - Ballot hand-count to make for long night

http://www.thetimes-tribune.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18830820&BRD=2185&PAG=461&dept_id=416046&rfi=6

 

TN: Shelby County - Mayor wants early voting stopped

Calls for audit of machines he says may be faulty

http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2007/sep/18/mayor-wants-early-voting-stopped/

 

TN: Shelby County - Mayor Herenton Wants Early Voting Stopped

http://www.myeyewitnessnews.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=a805cf27-d244-4ba3-9955-8101b55ea298

 

TN: Shelby County - Mayor wants vote halted

Herenton calls machines faulty; opponents say he's desperate

http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2007/sep/19/mayor-wants-vote-halted/

 

TN: Shelby County - Herenton, City Attorney Call to Halt Early Voting

http://www.myfoxmemphis.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=4401312&version=2&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.2.1

 

TN: Shelby County - Mayor calls for suspension of early voting, wants federal monitors

http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2007/sep/19/mayor-calls-suspension-early-voting-wants-federal-/

 

TN: Mayor's Request to Stop Early Voting: Special Meeting Called

http://www.myeyewitnessnews.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=6af66459-4b29-49e3-96e8-a2e33a263481

 

WV: Taylor County - Taylor County Rejects Electronic Voting

http://www.wboy.com/story.cfm?func=viewstory&storyid=29061

 

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