'Daily Voting News' For October 01, 2008

 

In one of our ‘Featured’ articles CBS Evening News has raised the “Red Flag On Purging Voter Rolls”. This article reports on a just released report from the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law on voter roll purges. The report “provides troubling new insight into the process. There are no national standards and as a result, the cleaning up of voter rolls is not as precise as it should be and eligible voters are often wrongly removed.

 

”The Brennan report calls the nationwide process "chaotic," "shrouded in secrecy", "riddled with inaccuracies", "prone to error" and "vulnerable to manipulation."”

 

Our second ‘Featured’ article is a report done by USPIRG (Public Interest Research Group) in which they blow the whistle on nineteen states that are violating federal law in their handling of voter roll purges.

 

Neither of these articles should have been necessary. State election officials should be carefully following the law and carefully ensuring voter rolls are properly purged and not in such a way as to deny legally registered voters their right to vote. Any election official who does not feel the need to ensure due diligence should be replaced and, if they violated federal law, they should be investigated for that violation.

 

Featured - National: Red Flag On Purging Voter Rolls

CBS Evening News Investigates Little-Known, Problem-Ridden Process That Could Endanger Your Vote

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/09/30/eveningnews/main4490682.shtml

 

Featured - National: Washington, D.C.: Nineteen States Not Enforcing Federal Laws on Voter Lists

http://www.uspirg.org/newsroom/voting/voting-news/washington-d.c.-nineteen-states-not-enforcing-federal-laws-on-voter-lists

 

National: News Release - The Secret World of Voter Purges

http://www.accuracy.org/newsrelease.php?articleId=1825

 

National: Report raises concerns of 'partisan manipulation' in voter purges

http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Report_cites_partisan_manipulation_in_voter_1001.html

 

National: CBS News: New Study Details Massive Voter Roll Purges Underway in At Least 19 States

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=6453

 

National: Partisan Contractors To Count Nov. Election Votes

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0810/S00009.htm

 

National: Election officials are confused about who can vote

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/AP/story/709559.html

 

National: 24-Step Checklist Offers Ballot Counting Standards

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0810/S00012.htm

 

National: Miss., Fla. election officials visit US troops

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/MS_MILITARY_VOTING_FLOL-?SITE=FLTAM&SECTION=STATE&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-09-30-19-07-30

 

National: Minds made up, millions voting early

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2008/09/30/minds_made_up_millions_voting_early/

 

National: US Elections: Win, Lose or Steal?

An organized assault on the voting process has become an election day tradition since 2000

http://english.ohmynews.com/articleview/article_view.asp?article_class=3&no=383791&rel_no=1

 

National: Foreclosures Lead to Allegations of Planned Voter Suppression

http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/politics/September-October-08/Foreclosures-Lead-to-Allegations-of-Planned-Voter-Suppression.html

 

National: At the polls: Observers will be deployed across the country

http://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/article/20081001/NEWS01/310010025

 

AL: NAACP challenges state prison ban on voter registration

http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2008/09/naacp_challenges_state_prison.html

 

AZ: Arizona develops online ballots to give voters overseas a chance to cast ballots via the Web

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/nationworld/politics/wire/sns-ap-military-voting,0,5684907.story

 

CA: Bowen blasts Schwarzenegger from loooooong distance

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/detail?blogid=14&entry_id=30969

 

CA: Lake County - Registrar's Office gears up for election season crunch time

http://lakeconews.com/content/view/5785/764/

 

CA: Riverside County - Elections watchdogs skeptical of choice for Riverside County vote system audit

http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_S_supes01.20f7f0f.html

 

CA: Riverside County - Supervisors table elections review until next week

http://www.mydesert.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080930/NEWS01/80930019/1006/news01

 

CO: E-scanner will speed Morgan County voting results count

http://www.fortmorgantimes.com/news/2008/oct/01/e-scanner-will-speed-morgan-county-voting-results-/

 

CT: Bridgeport - Tally wrong for laid-off voting tech pay

http://www.connpost.com/breakingnews/ci_10608127

 

FL: Editorial - Florida still erecting roadblocks to voting

http://www.tampabay.com/opinion/editorials/article833512.ece

 

FL: ID-match law stalls 5,000 voter applications

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/state/orl-novote0108oct01,0,6794080.story

 

FL: 'No-match' law is fair to voters, Crist says

Gov. Charlie Crist rebuffed calls from voter groups to suspend the controversial 'no-match' registration law, saying he has confidence in it and Florida's election system.

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/708276.html

 

FL: Outcry raised over voter ID law

http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/elections/article833727.ece

 

FL: ACORN challenges Crist on "no match" law

http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/news_politics/2008/10/acorn-challenge.html

 

FL: Two Palm Beach County voting scanners to be tested for accuracy

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/palmbeach/sfl-flpmachine1001pnoct01,0,4019843.story

 

GA: Muscogee County - New Report Says Muscogee County Board Of Elections Dropped

http://www.wrbl.com/index.php/news/article/new-report-says-muscogee-county-board-of-elections-ped-voters-by-mistak/39089/

 

IL: Clerk says provisional ballots offer last resort

http://media.www.siude.com/media/storage/paper1096/news/2008/10/01/News/Clerk.Says.Provisional.Ballots.Offer.Last.Resort-3461485.shtml

 

KY: E-Vote: Kentucky Counties Move to Digital Scan Voting Equipment

http://www.govtech.com/gt/articles/418780

 

LA: Better Business Bureau: BBB warns of voter registration fraud

http://www.theadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081001/BUSINESS/810010303

 

MI: Lose Your House, Lose Your Vote

http://www.coastalpost.com/08/10/02.html

 

MN: Students urged to vote

http://www.sctimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081001/NEWS01/109300061/1009

 

MS: On Mideast visit, Hosemann outlines military voting

http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081001/NEWS/810010367/1001/news

 

NV: Voter Challenges

http://www.kolotv.com/home/headlines/29915644.html

 

NY: Warn Of ID Theft Scams By People Offering Voter Reg Help

The Consumer Protection Board urges consumers not to give out their Social Security or other numbers to unsolicited callers

http://www.qgazette.com/news/2008/1001/features/012.html

 

OH: GOP Loses Challenge to Early Ohio Voting

http://washingtonindependent.com/9532/gop-loses-challenge-to-early-voting-in-ohio

 

OH: Ohio moves to curb voter caging

http://www.collegiatetimes.com/stories/2008/09/30/ohio_moves_to_curb_voter_caging

 

OH: Same Day Early Voting and Voter Registration Goes Smoothly

http://www.wcpn.org/index.php/WCPN/news/14607/

 

OH: Process for early voting can be improved

http://www.advertiser-tribune.com/page/content.detail/id/509300.html

 

OH: Ohio 2008 opens with a subpoena, a surge and calls for election protection

http://www.freepress.org/departments/display/19/2008/3214

 

PA: Secretary Cortes Encourages Troops to Vote Via Absentee Ballot during Stops in Iraq, Kuwait

http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/secretary-cortes-encourages-troops-vote/story.aspx?guid={6B5CA547-EADF-4C40-A432-F4AAB6BDA21F}&dist=hppr

 

PA: Bucks County - Bucks GOP leaders deny election official's claims

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/local/20081001_Bucks_GOP_leaders_deny_election_official_s_claims.html

 

VA: Advocacy group: Va. is a potential source of dispute

http://www.newsadvance.com/lna/news/local/article/advocacy_group_va_is_a_potential_source_of_dispute/8928/

 

VA: Powhatan County - Voter turnout expected to soar

http://www.powhatantoday.com/index.php/news/article/voter-turnout-expected-to-soar/16995/

 

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