'Daily Voting News' For October 30, 2008 – Morning Edition

 

5 days until Election Day.

 

A deal was struck last evening in Colorado with the Secretary of State. 20,000 voters who were illegally purged from the state’s voter rolls will now be allowed to vote using provisional ballots and those ballots will get priority handling and a presumption of validity by Colorado counties.

 

The Reform Institute, a non-partisan public policy organization, today released a checklist to assist voters in casting their ballots.  The checklist provides helpful tips for voters, especially those going to the polls for the first time, to facilitate a voting process free of complications.

 

Featured - CO: Deal ensures 20,000 taken off rolls can to vote

http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/oct/30/deal-ensures-20000-taken-off-rolls-can-to-vote/

 

Featured - National: Guide for Navigating the Polls Released

Checklist Helps Prepare and Inform Voters for Election Day

http://www.reforminstitute.org/DetailNews.aspx?nid=1426&cid=7

 

National: Lab that Tests and Certifies Voting Machines Suspended

http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/10/lab-that-tests.html

 

National: Experts see potential problems on Election Day

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/10/29/MN4N13PJCE.DTL&type=politics

 

National: Election officials brace for huge turnout

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/10/29/MN4N13PJCE.DTL&tsp=1

 

National: Legal battles over balloting

http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-votingbox30-2008oct30,0,1927132.story

 

National: ACLU Launches Voter Empowerment Program

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0810/S00587.htm

 

National: Paper Ballot Has Md.'s, Va.'s Vote

2 States Plan to Ditch Electronic Machines, Part of a Rapid National Reversal

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/29/AR2008102904105.html?hpid%3Dtopnews&sub=AR

 

National: Editorial - The Success of Early Voting

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/30/opinion/30thu1.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

 

National: Glitch reports mount for e-voting machines

http://www.betanews.com/article/Glitch_reports_mount_for_evoting_machines/1225325421

 

National: Telling No Lies and Still Not Telling the Truth

http://www.opednews.com/articles/Telling-No-Lies-and-Still-by-Dave-Berman-081030-580.html

 

National: BLACK LEGAL ISSUES: Does the 'Help America Vote Act of 2002' really guarantee your right to vote?

http://eurweb.com/story/eur48246.cfm

 

National: Vote watchdogs warn of troubles on election day

http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/front/la-na-voting30-2008oct30,0,3851838.story

 

National: Have American Elections Really Been Stolen?

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0810/S00428.htm

 

National: Election officials brace for huge turnout

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2008/10/30/MN4N13PJCE.DTL

 

AZ: Pima County - Big turnout, long lines expected on Election Day

Half of votes cast may be from early voting

http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/fromcomments/101132.php

 

CO: Colorado Sued To Reverse Voter Purges

http://www.alternet.org/democracy/104805/colorado_sued_to_reverse_voter_purges/

 

FL: Election revolt over provisional ballots

http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/state/article881423.ece

 

FL: Sarasota County - Feds move to suspend company that certified electronic voting machines that Sarasota County used in contested 2006 congressional election.

http://www.bradenton.com/198/story/993098.html

 

GA: Georgia to 4,770: Your vote is ‘challenged’

http://www.ajc.com/news/content/metro/stories/2008/10/29/georgia_votes_challenged.html

 

GA: State to notify 4,770 their votes are ‘challenged’

http://www.ajc.com/services/content/printedition/2008/10/30/citizen.html

 

GA: Editorial - Early-voting hours must be extended

http://www.ajc.com/opinion/content/opinion/stories/2008/10/30/voteed_1030.html

 

GA: Coweta County - 26 percent have voted in Coweta

http://www.times-herald.com/local/26-percent-have-voted-in-Coweta-578122

 

IL: Sangamon County returns to paper ballots

http://www.sj-r.com/homepage/x1197765697/Sangamon-County-returns-to-paper-ballots

 

IN: Voter registry concerns emerging

http://www.courierpress.com/news/2008/oct/30/voter-registry-concerns-emerging/

 

KY: State making progress on voting systems

http://www.kentucky.com/589/story/573636.html

 

MA: Where voting machines reside

http://www.wickedlocal.com/roslindale/news/x635415768/Where-voting-machines-reside

 

MO: St. Louis voters will test election plans

http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/politics/story/C96CA17FE133FC4E862574F200125EDF?OpenDocument

 

NC: Guilford County - Officials: Voting machines fine

http://hpe.southernheadlines.com/index.cfm?section=6&story=5628

 

NC: Guilford County - Editorial: Make early voting easy

http://www.news-record.com/content/2008/10/29/article/editorial_make_early_voting_easy

 

NY: Voting machine approval hits delay

Testing company loses federal certification; decision won't impact Tuesday's vote

http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=734443&category=REGION

 

OH: ACLU Urges Rejection Of 200,00 Voter Challenges

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0810/S00588.htm

 

OH: Possible voter-fraud cases keep cropping up

http://www.columbusdispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2008/10/29/fraud30.html?sid=101

 

OH: In Ohio, Wary Eyes On Election Process

Fears of Fraud and Blocked Votes

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/29/AR2008102904545.html

 

OH: Ashland County - Voting lawsuit asks: Where should inmates register?

http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2008/10/group_files_lawsuit_after_inca.html

 

PA: Opinion - Having paper ballots on hand sensible as backup to machines

http://www.pennlive.com/editorials/patriotnews/index.ssf?/base/opinion/1225317328255050.xml&coll=1

 

PA: Court Orders Pa. to Provide Paper Ballots

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/10/29/court_orders_pa_to_provide_pap.html

 

PA: Federal Judge Rules in Favor of Plaintiff Demand for Emergency Paper Ballots in PA (With Updates)

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=6588

 

PA: Paper's ready if machines fail voters

http://www.philly.com/dailynews/local/20081030_Paper_s_ready_if_machines_fail_voters.html

 

PA: Will every vote count?

http://www.philly.com/dailynews/opinion/20081030_Will_every_vote_count_.html

 

PA: Westmoreland County - County bans cameras from polls

http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/tribunereview/news/westmoreland/s_595844.html

 

TX: More Vote-Flipping In TX From Dems To Republicans

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0810/S00421.htm

 

TX: Beaumont voter complaint makes CNN blog

http://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/local/beaumont_voter_complaint_makes_cnn_blog_10-29-2008.html

 

TX: Galveston County - Blunder at polls casts doubt on school bond

http://www.galvnews.com/story.lasso?ewcd=698163794bd7813c&-session=TheDailyNews:42F946A71926001221rjU42E7A38

 

TX: Webb County - Paper ballots

Agreement states only the disabled will use voting machines

http://www.lmtonline.com/articles/2008/10/28/news/doc4906bbd568cb1287938360.txt

 

WV: Machine filmed flipping votes

Group did not use part where it worked, Jackson clerk says

http://sundaygazettemail.com/News/200810290855

 

WV: Secretary of State Wants Voters to Stay Confident

http://www.statejournal.com/story.cfm?func=viewstory&storyid=46201

 

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