A federal appeals court will hear a complaint against the Indiana Voter ID law today. / 'As the new [federal] testing and certification program is developed in response to input from public interest organizations, computer security experts, and concerned citizens, the EAC should be guided by a desire for the greatest possible transparency. A transparent election process is fundamental to democratic governance' says Warren Stewart of VoteTrustUSA. / Grant Parrish Louisiana needs 47 new voting machines to replace those that were damaged due to flooding in their warehouse.
 
NAtional: New Weekly Radio Program about Voting and Democracy to be Launched
http://www.opednews.com/articles/genera_press_re_061017_new_weekly_radio_pro.htm
 
NAtional: Voting Rights Radio - Don’ t Miss It!
http://blogs.phillyburbs.com/blog.php?p=8385&cat=8
 
NAtional: Voice of the Voters: The Power and Responsibility of Democracy
http://www.bradblog.com/?p=3633
 
NAtional: Legal SWAT Teams
http://www.forbes.com/home/business/2006/10/17/political-swat-teams-biz-wash-cx_jh_1018legal.html
 
NAtional: Building a Better Voting Machine
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/evote/0,71957-0.html?tw=wn_politics_1
 
NAtional: OpEd - Voters Not To Blame For Fraud
http://www.courant.com/news/opinion/op_ed/hc-morrison1018.artoct18,0,2587212.story?coll=hc-headlines-oped
 
NAtional: More on E-voting
http://blogs.zdnet.com/Murphy/index.php?p=716
 
NAtional: Under the Radar: The EAC Proposes A New Program For Testing Voting Machines
http://www.votetrustusa.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1899&Itemid=26
 
NAtional: VelvetRevolution.us Expands Multi-Pronged Election Protection Strike Force Campaign as Nov. General Election Nears
http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=74511
 
NAtional: Last-minute questions about e-voting
http://niemanwatchdog.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=ask_this.view&askthisid=00241
 
NAtional: Troops Still Have Time to Vote Absentee
http://www.thesop.org/index.php?id=2515
 
NAtional: Election Administration Issues Follow Up Briefing Background Material to Press Call
http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=74581
 
AZ: YES: Mail-in ballot clearly adds to turnout
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/opinions/articles/1018murphy18.html
 
AZ: NO: Mail-in ballot subverts our traditions
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/opinions/articles/1018stump18.html
 
CA: FBI Investigates Letters Sent To Garden Grove Voters
http://www.nbc4.tv/news/10100025/detail.html
 
CA: San Mateo County - Elections Workers Test eSlate Voting Machines
http://cbs5.com/local/local_story_291155802.html
 
CO: Opinion - Can we trust our voting system?
http://www.themountainmail.com/main.asp?SectionID=7&SubSectionID=7&ArticleID=9242
 
FL: Judge: Florida law won’t allow polling place signs for Negron
http://www.sun-herald.com/breakingnews/bn_328.cfm
 
FL: Miami-Dade County - Election Voting Machines Put To The Test
http://cbs4.com/topstories/local_story_291112459.html
 
GA: Lawyers to drop contempt claim against Georgia over voter letters
http://www.macon.com/mld/macon/news/politics/15790603.htm
 
IA: All Iowa polling places have a machine for the blind
http://www.radioiowa.com/gestalt/go.cfm?objectid=DFD805DC-467A-45E5-8AD269F7E90F140D&dbtranslator=local.cfm
 
IA: Washington County - Election services, work, costs increase
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=17346802&BRD=1142&PAG=461&dept_id=568956&rfi=6
 
IL: Cook County - County board members still skeptical about voting machines. Election judges to receive more training for Nov.
http://www.rblandmark.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=1899&TM=82977.02
 
IN: Federal appeals court to hear voter ID case
http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/newssentinel/15782189.htm
 
IN: Federal appeals court hears Indiana voter ID case
http://www.southbendtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061018/News01/61018010
 
IN: Expert to Discuss "Computerized Voting Machines: Who is Counting Your Vote?" on October 31
http://www.depauw.edu/news/index.asp?id=18297
 
IN: Allen County - A poll of precision. Workers operate the county’s voting machines to ensure their accuracy. (Actually the workers are vendor employees.)
http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/newssentinel/news/local/15788181.htm
 
KY: Voting system change unlikely
http://news.kypost.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061018/NEWS02/610180342/1014
 
LA: Grant Parrish - More voting machines needed in
http://www.nola.com/newsflash/louisiana/index.ssf?/base/news-28/116120037929690.xml&storylist=louisiana
 
MD: Absentee ballots a hot item. Elections boards are swamped; some voters will give electronic machines another try Nov. 7
http://www.gazette.net/stories/101806/montcou185935_31939.shtml
 
MD: Paper ballots persevere, even in high-tech times
http://news.mywebpal.com/news_tool_v2.cfm?pnpID=574&NewsID=755566&CategoryID=8014&show=localnews&om=1
 
NC: Forsyth County - Longtime elections official resigns before Nov. 7. Cardwell described as dignified public servant, committed to work
http://www.journalnow.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=WSJ%2FMGArticle%2FWSJ_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1149191217693&path=!localnews!elections!&s =
 
NJ: High-tech voting for visually impaired
http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061018/NEWS01/610180423/1004
 
NM: Governor stands by election reform
http://www.lcsun-news.com/ci_4508573
 
NY: New York to Use Aging Voting Machines
http://www.wcax.com/Global/story.asp?S=5558537&nav=4QcS
 
NY: Suffolk County - County Files Suit Over Voting Machines
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=17343617&BRD=1776&PAG=461&dept_id=6365&rfi=6
 
PA: Luzerne County eyes cases of voter registration fraud
http://www.standardspeaker.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3243&Itemid=2
 
TN: Natchez - Workers prepare for Nov. 2 vote
http://www.natchezdemocrat.com/articles/2006/10/18/news/news394.txt
 
TN: Shelby County - Use of vote machines will proceed
http://www.commercialappeal.com/mca/politics/article/0,1426,MCA_1496_5073999,00.html
 
WA: Snohomish County - Senate race, all-mail voting expected to boost turnout
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/snohomishcountynews/2003309852_election18n.html
 
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