'Daily Voting News' For October 10, 2008

 

I’m 61 years old. I’ve been doing this work full-time for nearly the last five years. I long for the days, before I learned so much, when I was ignorant about dirty tricks, phony voter fraud accusations, voter list purges, voter suppression, poorly designed and inaccurate voting machines, absentee paper ballots that have the voters political party on the mail-in envelope (Yes, Broward Co Florida does that and strips privacy away from the voters and state law allows them to do it), long lines at the polls, and every other attempt to keep voters from voting and votes from being counted accurately, if at all. It was kinda nice not knowing about all of those issues. Oh, maybe someone would bring up the old story about ballot boxes floating in the bay. What bay was that? San Francisco? Lake Michigan off of Chicago? The Hudson River? The location seems to have changed with the person telling the story. It was nice thinking our democracy actually worked the way our founding fathers envisioned it would. It was nice thinking that, no matter for whom I voted, the majority voice was heard. Now, it just feels dirty and somewhat depressing. I know way too much. It was nice being ignorant.

 

National: US Election: Malfunctioning voting machines

http://senderodelpeje.com/sdp/contenido/2008/10/09/52930

 

National: Update from Black Box Voting: Trouble with straight party voting and how you can help on Election Day

http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/2008/10/-from-black-box-voting-trouble-with-straight-party-voting-and-how-you-can-help-on-election-day/

 

National: Investors agree to sell Hart InterCivic to management team

http://www.bizjournals.com/austin/stories/2008/10/06/daily48.html?ana=from_rss

 

National: ACLU: Justice Department Should Enforce Voting Law

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0810/S00217.htm

 

National: College students face barriers to voting

Registration problems, ID requirements, long lines at polls cited as discouraging factors.

http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081010/POLITICS01/810100312

 

National: Clearing Up The Issue Of Provisional Ballots

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0810/S00163.htm

 

National: Voter Purges Could Cause Florida-like Presidential Recounts

http://www.alternet.org/democracy/102374/voter_purges_could_cause_florida-like_presidential_recounts/

 

National: Election 08: The Difficulty Stealing It This Time

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0810/S00164.htm

 

National: Professor examines voting misconceptions

http://spectrum.buffalo.edu/article.php?id=37421

 

National: Our Hackable Democracy

http://www.forbes.com/technology/personaltech/2008/10/09/hacking-electronic-voting-tech-security_cx_ag_1010hack.html

 

National: Report: Voter Purging Process Is Shrouded in Secrecy, Prone to Error and Vulnerable to Manipulation

http://i3.democracynow.org/2008/10/9/report_voter_purging_process_is_shrouded

 

National: Voter Fraud, Voter Suppression

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/10/voter-fraud-vot.html

 

National: Questions and Challenges Surround Voter Registration Process

http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/politics/September-October-08/Questions-and-Challenges-Surround-Voter-Registration-Process.html

 

National: Briefing: Bracing for another Election Day mess

http://www.theweek.com/article/index/89621/3/3/Briefing_Bracing_for_another_Election_Day_mess

 

National: Opinion - Who’s the Fraud?

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/10/whos-the-fraud/?ref=opinion

 

National: Voter Registrations Spark Testy Exchange

http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2008/10/10/voter-registrations-spark-testy-exchange/?mod=googlenews_wsj

 

AZ: Pima County - Pima officials: More than 350 residents tried to vote twice in primary

http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/daily/local/99161.php

 

CA: Los Angeles County - Surge in voter registration highlights electoral fraud

http://www.malibutimes.com/articles/2008/10/10/news/news6.txt

 

CA: San Joaquin, Sacramento counties expect record voter turnout

http://www.lodinews.com/articles/2008/10/10/news/4_election_081010.txt

 

CO: State disputes voter purge

http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_10682767

 

CO: Colorado to Review How It Purges Voters’ Names

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/10/us/10voting.html?_r=1&ref=us&oref=slogin

 

CO: Coffman disputes voter-purge report

http://www.chieftain.com/articles/2008/10/10/news/local/doc48ef14d420898206871936.txt

 

CO: No vote for you: Coffman responds to NYT voter purge story

http://coloradoindependent.com/11004/no-vote-for-you-coffman-responds-to-nyt-voter-purge-story

 

CO: Clerks to voters: Bring a sack lunch to the polls

http://coloradoindependent.com/11037/clerks-to-voters-bring-a-sack-lunch-to-the-polls

 

CO: El Paso County - State Senator Accuses Clerk of Suppressing Votes

http://www.krdo.com/Global/story.asp?S=9155567

 

CO: Moffat County - Test election extended to today

Public participants not worried about errors

http://www.craigdailypress.com/news/2008/oct/10/test_election_extended_today/

 

FL: Few reliable voting machines in Florida

http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/117183

 

FL: Lee County - Florida unprepared for Election Day?

http://www.nbc-2.com/articles/readarticle.asp?articleid=22117&z=3

 

FL: Palm Beach County - Wennet won't challenge voting machines

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/politics/content/local_news/epaper/2008/10/09/1009merriman.html

 

FL: Palm Beach County - Training intensifies for 8,000 poll workers

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/politics/content/local_news/epaper/2008/10/09/a1a_poll_workers_1010.html

 

GA: Lawsuit: Georgia Illegally Purges Votes

Complaint Claims Voters Being Dropped From Registration Rolls Because Of Challenges To Citizenship

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/10/09/cbsnews_investigates/main4512526.shtml

 

GA: Fulton County judge denies voter ID challenge

http://www.fortmilltimes.com/124/story/319963.html

 

HI: Maui County - Rise of the machines

As election technology blazes ahead, will voters get left behind?

http://www.mauitime.com/Articles-i-2008-10-09-185874.112113_Rise_of_the_machines.html

 

IL: With Misleading Report On ACORN, CNN Misses The Real Story In Lake Co.

http://progressillinois.com/2008/10/10/vilifying-acorn-without-facts

 

IN: Opinion - Home foreclosures shouldn’t keep registered voters from polls

WE SAY Blocking those caught by economic distress would be a blatant act of voter suppression against the poor

http://www.idsnews.com/news/story.aspx?id=63456&comview=1

 

IN: As voter registration rises, so do fears of fraud

Claims include potential for ineligible voters, disenfranchisement

http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081009/NEWS0502/810090575

 

MO: Are we ready for Nov. 4?

http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/dc-download/uncategorized/2008/10/are-we-ready-for-nov-4/

 

MT: GOP voter challenges got our attention

http://www.helenair.com/articles/2008/10/09/opinions/top/irview_081009.txt

 

MT: Montana Democrats to voter challenge lawsuit

http://www.greatfallstribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081010/NEWS01/81010012/1002

 

NC: Times story on voter databases called 'very misleading'

http://www.news-record.com/content/2008/10/09/article/times_story_on_voter_databases_called_very_misleading

 

NC: State defends database use for IDs

http://www.news-record.com/content/2008/10/09/article/state_defends_database_use_for_ids

 

NC: N.C. to change the way it vets its new voters

http://www.newsobserver.com/110/story/1249665.html

 

NH: Dual check-in system draws complaint

http://www.cabinet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081010/BEDFORD01/810109922

 

NY: Making Our Votes Really Count

http://www.brooklynrail.org/2008/10/express/making-our-votes-count

 

NY: Barack 'Osama' on Rensselaer County ballots

http://timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=728326

 

OH: The Right Stuff: Brunner enables, rather than investigates fraud

http://www.thepost.ohiou.edu/Articles/Opinion/Columns/2008/10/10/25805/

 

OH: Mahoning County - County forestalls ballot tampering

http://www.vindy.com/news/2008/oct/10/county-forestalls-ballot-tampering/

 

SC: Beaufort County - Voter office performance must be better for Nov. 4

http://www.beaufortgazette.com/opinions/story/580621.html

 

TX: The hurricane vote

For storm-dispersed residents of the Texas coast, voting early makes good sense.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/editorial/6049924.html

 

TX: Waller County - Texas County Agrees to Stop Vote Suppression Efforts Against Black University Students

http://www.campaignlegalcenter.org/press-3407.html

 

VA: Is Va. ready for heavy turnout?

Rights group says state is ill-prepared to handle voters

http://www.inrich.com/cva/ric/news/politics.apx.-content-articles-RTD-2008-10-10-0134.html

 

VA: Arlington County, Va. Ramps up for Election Day

http://www.govtech.com/gt/articles/420766

 

WI: GOP asks judge to make some show ID at polls

http://blogs.jsonline.com/allpoliticswatch/archive/2008/10/10/gop-asks-judge-to-make-some-show-id-at-polls.aspx

 

Washington DC: E-Voting Machine Produces Out-Of-Whack Result. D'oh!!!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/diane-tucker/e-voting-machine-produces_b_133339.html

 

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