'Daily Voting News' For October 15, 2008
20 days until Election Day.
“Experts” are all speaking out and warning of voting meltdowns across the country. Where were these “experts” six months ago? Where have they been since the last national election? Why have they not spoken out against these same voting systems that they are concerned about now? Of course it wasn’t political for them to take a position against the use of these machines until now.
1-866-OUR-VOTE; 1-866-MY-VOTE1 and now YouTube and WiredNews all want voters to report when they have problems voting. And what will happen with the data collected by these groups? Will any of it be compiled and released after the election? Probably not a lot of it is my guess.
National: Experts warn of Nov. 4 voting meltdowns
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1008/14580.html
National: Fortify Software Releases Voting Guide in Time for November Elections
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/10-15-2008/0004904378&EDATE=
National: Professor's Book Examines Nationwide Variations in Voting
http://www.uvm.edu/~uvmpr/?Page=News&storyID=12886
National: ACM Experts See Opportunities and Risks for E-Voting; Technology Leaders Stress Need to Build Trust in Computer-Based Voting Systems
http://newswire.ascribe.org/cgi-bin/behold.pl?ascribeid=20081015.063815.2&time=09%2052%20PDT&year=2008&public=0
National: YouTube Asks Voters to Record Poll Problems
http://newteevee.com/2008/10/15/youtube-asks-voters-to-record-poll-problems/
National: Legislation introduced to revamp FVAP
http://www.gcn.com/online/vol1_no1/47353-1.html
National: The Real Issue Isn't Voter Fraud, Its Vote Suppression (Joe Rothstein's Commentary)
http://uspolitics.einnews.com/article.php?nid=561852
National: Problems Voting in the General Election? Report Your Issue Here
http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/10/had-problems-vo.html
National: GoVote.org Launches: Next Generation in Voter Support
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/govoteorg-launches-next-generation-voter/story.aspx?guid={59B1BC9A-316E-4791-A565-784340380E1A}&dist=hppr
CA: Sacramento County - Weighty ballot takes an extra stamp
http://www.sacbee.com/389/story/1314558.html
CA: San Francisco - Let there be election results
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/detail?blogid=55&entry_id=31507
CA: Tulare County - County leaders fight state-mandated manual re-count of 10 percent of ballots
http://www.visaliatimesdelta.com/article/20081015/NEWS01/810150320
CO: Denver - Denver doubling number of voting booths
http://www.examiner.com/a-1638147~Denver_doubling_number_of_voting_booths.html
FL: Florida AG: "No excuse" not to purge voter rolls of felons
http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2008/oct/14/florida-ag-no-excuse-not-purge-voter-rolls-felons/
FL: Florida Dems Told to Vote by Phone
http://www.opednews.com/articles/BREAKING-Florida-Dems-Tol-by-Rady-Ananda-081014-352.html
FL: Palm Beach County - Early returns justify hope for a glitch-free election
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/opinion/content/opinion/epaper/2008/10/15/a12a_leadedit_elections_1015.html
IL: Sangamon County - Many Sangamon voters hit polls early
http://www.sj-r.com/homepage/x1261523871/Hundreds-of-Sangamon-voters-hit-polls-early
IN: Lake County - Early voting begins late but enthusiastically
http://www.thetimesonline.com/articles/2008/10/15/news/top_news/doc8890a652bea72f4a862574e300085712.txt
IN: Lake County - Judge opens early voting sites in Lake County
http://www.post-trib.com/news/1221804,nulcvote.article
KS: Error found in voting machines
http://www.ktka.com/news/2008/oct/15/error_found_voting_machines/
KY: 34 Kentucky Counties To Use New Voting Machines
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0810/S00308.htm
MI: Mich. clerks deal with duplicate voter forms
http://www.woodtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=9178309&nav=0RcdbB6n
MN: Commentary Instant Runoff Voting: Neither complex nor expensive election choice
http://www.morrissuntribune.com/articles/index.cfm?id=15154§ion=Opinion
MO: Technology helps troops overseas cast their ballots
http://www.joplinglobe.com/Campaigns_and_Politics/local_story_288223523.html?keyword=topstory
MO: St. Louis - An election experiment
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/news/editorialcommentary/story/03131d5df6f6cc5e862574e2007ece64?OpenDocument
MT: Voter Challenges: The Montana Example
http://www.accuracy.org/newsrelease.php?articleId=1833
NV: Activists didn’t research assertion of Douglas voters’ rights violation
http://www.recordcourier.com/article/20081014/NEWS/810149987/1062&ParentProfile=1049&title=Activists%20didn%E2%80%99t%20research%20assertion%20of%20Douglas%20voters%E2%80%99%20rights%20violation
NV: Presidential campaigns will deploy armies of poll watchers
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/oct/15/presidential-campaigns-will-deploy-armies-poll-wat/
NY: Mission: Possible Fight NOW to Retain New York's Lever Voting System!
http://re-mediaetc.blogspot.com/2008/10/mission-possible-fight-now-to-retain.html
NY: Ulster County - Woodstock protests county elections bill
http://www.dailyfreeman.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=20164539&BRD=1769&PAG=461&dept_id=74958&rfi=6
OH: Brunner: I'll obey court order, but thousands could lose their right to vote
http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2008/10/jennifer_brunner_says_courts_d.html
OH: Cuyahoga County - Ohio voters pick nominee for late lawmaker's term
http://www.ohio.com/news/ap?articleID=926549&c=y
OH: Cuyahoga County - Workers Get 'Error Message' After Elections
http://www.newsnet5.com/politics/17721517/detail.html
OH: Cuyahoga County - BOE Director Gives 'B' To First Test Of Voting System
http://www.newsnet5.com/news/17724314/detail.html
PA: While flagging illegal practices, don't overlook machine error
http://www.pennlive.com/editorials/patriotnews/index.ssf?/base/opinion/1224017708102750.xml&coll=1
PA: Union County - Polling site switched to Bucknell campus
Lewisburg's 3rd Ward has more than 1,000 new voters
http://www.dailyitem.com/0100_news/local_story_289000051.html
TN: Shelby County - Jump seen as early voting in presidential race begins
http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2008/oct/15/jump-seen-as-early-voting-begins/
TX: Democrats cry foul over suspicious e-mail
http://www.elpasotimes.com/ci_10726527
TX: Denton County - Paper pushed on voters
Local party leaders urge use of printed ballots
http://www.dentonrc.com/sharedcontent/dws/drc/localnews/stories/DRC_Paper_Ballots_1015.11397d91e.html
WV: Programming glitch affects state ballots
Corrected memory cards just in time for early voting
http://wvgazette.com/News/politics/200810140750
WV: Campaigns optimistic about W.Va. early voting
http://www.dailymail.com/News/statenews/200810150413
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