'Daily Voting News' For October 28, 2008 – Evening Edition
7 days until Election Day.
Florida Governor Charlie Crist has declared an emergency in the state and has decreed that polling places are to stay open overtime. Polls will now be open for up to 12 hours a day across the state. Now we will wait to see if any county election officials decide to file a lawsuit against the Governor so the poll hours are not extended.
The Brennan Center and VerifiedVoting have sent a letter to 16 Secretaries of State warning them about vote flipping on their ES&S iVotronic DREs. We certainly hope the Secretaries pay attention and accept the suggestions in the letter.
Featured - FL: Florida declares emergency, extends early voting hours
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/AP/story/745088.html
Featured - National: Letter to Secretaries of State re: iVotronic “Vote Flipping”
http://www.brennancenter.org/content/resource/letter_to_secretaries_of_state_re_ivotronic_vote_flipping/
National: A Vote for More Secure Elections
http://advice.cio.com/seisenstadt/a_vote_for_more_secure_elections
National: Editorial - HAVA, intended as reform, shows other consequences
http://www.nilesstar.com/articles/2008/10/28/editorials/ndeditorial01.txt
National: Election-Day voter logjams feared
http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2008/10/election_day_logjams_feared.html
National: Watchdog Groups Urge Voters to Reject Provisional Ballots
Groups hope to settle challenges at polls; feds will monitor fraud claims
http://www.wibc.com/News/Story.aspx?ID=101696
National: Election Law Changes Likely to Increase Litigation
http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?docid=news-000002979862
National: A Voting System That Keeps it Real
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/charles-d-ellison/a-voting-system-that-keep_b_138649.html
CA: Voter Caging in Northern Cali?
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/10/28/18547030.php
FL: State of emergency: Crist orders longer voting hours
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/palmbeach/floridapolitics/entries/2008/10/28/state_of_emergency_crist_order.html
FL: Miami-Dade County - Calls For Longer Voting Hours Continue Amid High Turnout
http://www.local10.com/news/17822026/detail.html
GA: Diebold's 'Express' Voter Registration Computers (Again) Lead to Long Waits in GA's Early Voting
http://www.bradblog.com/?p=6581
GA: Clayton County - Long lines, few machines hamper voting in Georgia county
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/28/georgia.voting/
LA: Democratic Party questions voter cancellations
http://www.cleveland.com/newsflash/index.ssf?/base/politics-0/122523145756690.xml&storylist=topstories
MD: Md. ready for increased turnout at polls
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nation/politics/bal-turnout1028,0,5923813.story
MO: Carnahan predicts 76 percent voter turnout
http://www.carthagepress.com/news/x635415321/Carnahan-predicts-76-percent-voter-turnout
NC: Voting irregularities past and present surface as election looms
http://www.yesweekly.com/article-951-breaking-voting-irregularities-past-and-present-surface-as-election-looms.html
NC: Brunswick County - Machine error in Oak Island means no paper trail for some votes
http://www.starnewsonline.com/article/20081028/ARTICLES/810280275/-1/sports06?Title=Machine_error_in_Oak_Island_means_no_paper_trail_for_some_votes
NH: Sort and Stack Elections In New Hampshire
http://www.opednews.com/articles/SORT-AND-STACK-ELECTIONS-I-by-Sheila-Parks-081028-309.html
NJ: Hudson County - Election jitters?
Academic report spurs concerns over electronic voting machines
http://www.hudsonreporter.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=20180339&BRD=1291&PAG=461&dept_id=532622&rfi=6
OH: Judge rules on addresses for homeless voters
http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-10-28-homeless-voters_N.htm
SC: SC Voting Machines Prone to Problems, Warns USC Computer Science Chairman
http://www.wspa.com/spa/news/local/article/sc_voting_machines_prone_to_problems_warns_usc_computer_science_chairman/10365/
VA: Kaine responds to election readiness claim
http://www.dailypress.com/news/local/virginia/dp-vaelectionsuit-kain1028oct28,0,6505597.story
VA: Kaine Says State Prepared for Record Turnout
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/28/AR2008102801788.html
VA: Va. elections officials say they’re prepared to handle huge turnout
http://www.newsadvance.com/lna/news/state_regional/article/va_elections_officials_say_theyre_prepared_to_handle_huge_turnout/9892/
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