'Daily Voting News' For October 23, 2008 – Morning Edition

 

12 days until Election Day.

 

There is just too much news to fit into one email today so there will be one edition this morning (Pac time) and one at the normal time. We will be doing that through the election as the amount of news grows.

 

 So far today a federal lawsuit has been filed in Pennsylvania seeking an earlier use of emergency paper ballots than is presently the dictate of the Secretary of State. The SoS has dictated that emergency ballots can only be used when all of the machines at a poll site are shut-down for some reason. The lawsuit hopes to loosen up that dictate to when 50% of the machines are shut-down for some reason.

 

While the West Virginia SoS has dictated that all of the states ES&S iVotronic touch-screen machines must be recalibrated we are still getting reports of vote switching.

 

National: Editorial - Sorry, I Can’t Find Your Name

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/23/opinion/23thu1.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

 

National: Election officials try to ease long voting lines

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iXAkBilVhjbpsgAAHfgp6kGEShvwD93VRFK80

 

National: Errors, mischief could lead to long election night

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gGnXAe9LtYL6kK0RfS4kG9VYGacgD9402DIO0

 

National: Mickey Mouse Operation

Making sense of the confusing, contentious "problem" of voter fraud.

http://www.tnr.com/politics/story.html?id=1c31a193-489f-45b0-8bd7-bb0db7a12227

 

National: Chocolate News on the proper care of our voting machines

http://www.opednews.com/articles/Chocolate-News-on-the-prop-by-the-web-081023-809.html

 

National: Here's an outstanding article on massive voter purges going on

http://www.opednews.com/articles/Here-s-an-outstanding-arti-by-Katie-Hickox-081023-562.html

 

National: POLITICS-US: E-Voting Worries Focus on Swing States

http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=44411

 

National: Enough Voting Machine Problems, Let's Return to Traditional Ballot Box

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rw-sanders/enough-voting-machine-pro_b_137141.html

 

National: Stop, Drop, and Poll - What to Do if You Have Problems Voting

http://www.opednews.com/articles/Stop-Drop-and-PollWha-by-Mary-Mancini-081023-1.html

 

AZ: Pima County - Count the Votes

What's a voter to do in Pima Countywear a foil hat and pray Attorney General Terry Goddard puts an end to the RTA election distrust?

http://www.tucsonweekly.com/gbase/Currents/Content?oid=oid:117425

 

CA: Los Angeles County - Voting Registrations Break Records, Early Voting Continues

http://laist.com/2008/10/23/voting_registrations_break_records.php

 

CO: Arapahoe County - Perlmutter waits for response after requesting monitors

http://www.9news.com/news/article.aspx?storyid=102377&catid=188

 

FL: No Confidence Vote

http://blogs.cioinsight.com/knowitall/content001/culture/no_confidence_vote.html

 

FL: Internet Voting in Florida Raises Security Concerns: Geek the Vote

http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/industry/4288327.html

 

FL: More Florida Counties Give Unverified Voters Leeway

http://www2.tbo.com/content/2008/oct/23/na-more-counties-give-unverified-voters-leeway/

 

FL: Lawyer: Voter matching can be done at polls

http://www.abcactionnews.com/news/state/story.aspx?content_id=b1d81f16-44b6-4c90-9f82-177b2ad81d6e

 

FL: Students at FAMU, FSU and TCC playing larger role in presidential politics

http://www.tallahassee.com/article/20081023/BREAKINGNEWS/81022005

 

FL: Early voting wait times in Miami-Dade, Broward posted online

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/737936.html

 

FL: Palm Beach County - Vote tabulating machines pass test as absentee ballot count awaits

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/politics/content/local_news/epaper/2008/10/22/a1b_vote_1023.html

 

FL: Volusia County - Central Florida Foreclosures Could Lead To Challenges At The Polls

http://www.wftv.com/news/17784210/detail.html

 

GA: Fulton County - Glitch Keeps Fulton Voters Waiting For Hours

Computers Lose Connection To State's Database

http://www.cbs46.com/news/17785206/detail.html#-

 

IL: Cook County - The Machine Vote

Despite millions of dollars spent on new electronic election equipment in Illinois, many still wonder, "Will my vote count?"

http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/iteam&id=6465381

 

KS: Sedgwick County - First day of advance voting sees big crowd

http://www.kansas.com/news/story/570193.html

 

MD: Poll location vital for vote to count

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/politics/bal-md.elections23oct23,0,2710359.story

 

MN: Election Day hash

http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/news_cut/archive/2008/10/election_day_hash.shtml?refid=0

 

NJ: NJ Elections Board Says This Election Is Too Important To Allow Outside Observers

http://www.opednews.com/articles/NJ-Elections-Board-Says-Th-by-the-web-081022-343.html

 

NM: ACLU Calls for Criminal Investigation of Bernalillo County Clerk's Office, GOP

http://www.aclu.org/votingrights/gen/37304prs20081022.html

 

NV: Nevada Secretary of State Rebuffs Latest GOP Effort To Suppress Vote

http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/10/nevada_secretary_of_state_rebu.php

 

NY: Thousands ped from local voter rolls

http://www.pressrepublican.com/midday/local_story_297095908.html

 

NY: Monroe County - Homeless Face Challenges in Voting

http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wxxi/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1396393&sectionID=1

 

OH: Brunner disallows mismatch challenges

Directive to counties' elections officials comes after victories in court

http://www.columbusdispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2008/10/23/no_challenge.ART_ART_10-23-08_B1_E3BM90B.html?sid=101

 

OH: Ashland County - Ashland professor challenges voting rights / Filing claims juvenile inmates at Mohican facility shouldn't be allowed to vote in Ashland County

http://www.times-gazette.com/news/article/4450751

 

OH: Ross County - Official to board of elections: Focus on local voters

Secretary of state visits office in Ross County

http://www.chillicothegazette.com/article/20081023/NEWS03/810230303

 

PA: Press Release - Coalition of Voters and Civil Rights Groups File Federal Lawsuit in Pennsylvania Seeking Emergency Paper Ballots

http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Coalition-Voters-Civil-Rights-Groups/story.aspx?guid={C3975099-66F7-48B6-8527-B134A5BB110C}

 

PA: Lawsuit: Paper ballots should be on hand in Pa.

http://www.ldnews.com/news/ci_10794336

 

PA: Lawsuit: Paper ballots should be on hand in Pa.

http://www.centredaily.com/news/politics/story/919372.html

 

PA: Pennsylvania Department of State Debunks Myths Associated With Election, Voting

http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Pennsylvania-Department-State-Debunks-Myths/story.aspx?guid={0A8B9D95-4A1D-497A-8ACB-6965095E8E04}

 

SC: Beaufort County - County election officials assert that votes have been correctly tabulated

http://www.beaufortgazette.com/local/story/593539.html

 

SC: Beaufort County - Election officials: Voting machine, paper ballot problems resolved

http://www.islandpacket.com/news/local/story/646485.html

 

TX: Travis County fights misleading voting advice

http://www.kxan.com/Global/story.asp?S=9220170&nav=menu73_6_1_3

 

TX: Travis County - Ignore straight-ticket voting rumors, clerk says

Voting straight party and also for individual candidate, will cancel vote on electronic ballot, DeBeauvoir says.

http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/10/23/1023voterscam.html

 

TX: Lubbock County - Disabled Lubbock Citizens Have More Voting Options Than Ever

http://www.kcbd.com/Global/story.asp?S=9223438&nav=menu69_2_9

 

WI: Voter fraud, suppression battle to intensify as election approaches

http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=809369

 

WV: Subject: Take Action to Stop Vote Flipping in West Virginia

http://www.opednews.com/articles/Subject-Take-Action-to-St-by-Kevin-Zeese-081022-581.html

 

WV: W.Va. official stands by touch-screen voting

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iJ1S7a0ZEQaSbug7MrGES692oirwD93VRK3O0

 

WV: Ireland says WV voting machines O.K.

http://www.wvpubcast.org/newsarticle.aspx?id=5598

 

WV: West Virginia reassures voters about e-voting machines

http://blogs.computerworld.com/west_virginia

 

WV: Berkeley County - More voting problems reported

Martinsburg man says machine switched Democratic vote to Republican 5 times

http://sundaygazettemail.com/News/200810220659

 

WV: Wyoming County - Voting errors

Perhaps Wyoming County’s antiquated’ ballots aren’t so bad

http://www.register-herald.com/opinion/local_story_296230717.html?keyword=topstory

 

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