The West Virginia SoS is recommending to Kanawha Co. that they run all paper ballots twice to ensure the machines are counting accurately. The county is refusing to take that step which will ensure accuracy of the vote count. / Georgia will be using ExpressPoll (e-poll books) at the polls this year. Are they the same as those that failed in Maryland or do they have the modifications that were required in Maryland but never federally certified? / "The equipment has been tested by independent agencies and federal agencies," said Mark Radke, the director of marketing for Diebold, the company that makes the machines. [Independent = we pay them to do the testing and test what we tell them to test.][No federal agency does any testing] / ES&S machines are failing in early voting in Garland and Sebastian Co.s Arkansas
 
NAtional: Election Protection launches national voter assistance hotline
http://www.btimes.com/News/article/article.asp?NewsID=73623&sID=4
 
NAtional: Election cliffhanger: Will it all work?
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-10-26-voting-machines_x.htm
 
NAtional: More voters aren't waiting for Election Day
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-10-26-early-voting_x.htm
 
NAtional: Elections pushed, pressed, pulled into 21st century
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-10-26-election-changes_x.htm
 
NAtional: Opinion - Free, fair elections? Doubts still linger
http://blogs.usatoday.com/oped/2006/10/free_fair_elect.html
 
NAtional: NIST to Certify Voting Machine Security, Standards
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0%2C1895%2C2041377%2C00.asp
 
NAtional: Pull the Plug on E-Voting, Part 2
http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_bruce_o__061026_pull_the_plug_on_e_v.htm
 
NAtional: Manufacturers Defend Electronic Voting Machines
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=2610298
 
NAtional: CNN's Lou Dobbs: 'It's a Case of Special Interest Over The National Interest'
http://www.bradblog.com/?p=3673
 
NAtional: Michael Shamos - EAC Testimony on Voting System Testing and Certification
http://www.votetrustusa.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1930&Itemid=26
 
NAtional: Despite Laws, Disabled Voters Face Barriers at Polls
http://newstandardnews.net/content/index.cfm/items/3822
 
NAtional: Bush's U.S. Elections Assistance Commission is Hopelessly Compromised, Misleading America and Has Utterly Failed in Their Job of Overseeing U.S. Elections
http://www.bradblog.com/?p=3677
 
NAtional: Testing Election Software Effectively
http://www.votetrustusa.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=870&Itemid=26
 
NAtional: "Open Source Voting Considered Harmful"
http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_bruce_o__061027__22open_source_voting_.htm
 
NAtional: E-Voting Still Stirring Controversy as Mid-Term Elections Approach
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/T6hmvFOiyuyIQ5/E-Voting-Still-Stirring-Controversy-as-Mid-Term-Elections-Approach.xhtml
 
AL: DeKalb County - County wants [SoS]Worley to pay up
http://www.times-journal.com/report.lasso?WCD=6314
 
AR: Garland County - The marvels of electricity
http://www.arktimes.com/blogs/arkansasblog/2006/10/the_marvels_of_electricity.aspx
 
CA: Orange County - About A Dozen Arrested In Voter Registration Fraud
http://cbs2.com/topstories/local_story_299191730.html
 
CA: Orange County charges 11 with phony voter registration
http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/news/state/15867579.htm
 
CA: Ventura County - More wrong ballots mailed
Conejo, Ojai valleys both report mix-ups
http://www.venturacountystar.com/vcs/county_news/article/0,1375,VCS_226_5097913,00.html
 
CA: Santa Clara County - Electronic Voting Reliability in Question
http://www.gilroydispatch.com/news/contentview.asp?c=197952
 
CO: Denver - Up to 30,000 ballots will be hand-recopied
Groups blast "potential for human error"
http://www.denverpost.com/headlines/ci_4557485
 
FL: Opinion - I prefer paper, especially when I vote
http://www.tallahassee.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061027/COLUMNIST01/610270324/1006/OPINION
 
FL: Miami-Dade and Broward Counties - Only minor glitches reported in early voting
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/local/states/florida/counties/broward_county/15859148.htm
 
FL: Pinellas County - More accurate voter counts promised
Elections chief Clark says fatigue led to errors at some precincts Sept. 5.
http://www.sptimes.com/2006/10/27/Southpinellas/More_accurate_voter_c.shtml
 
GA: State hopes ballot system will help avoid confusion
http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/102706/met_102068.shtml
 
KS: Butler County - Voting machine pains pay off for county
http://www.eldoradotimes.com/articles/2006/10/27/news/news3.txt
 
MD: Governor: Absentee Ballot Shortage Nearing Crisis Level
http://www.wjla.com/news/stories/1006/371487.html
 
MD: Ehrlich warns of voting 'crisis'
Backup plans urged due to area shortages in absentee ballots
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/politics/bal-md.voting27oct27,0,5228264.story?coll=bal-local-headlines
 
MD: Reports say Diebold fixed voting machines quietly
http://www.cantonrep.com/index.php?ID=315704&Category=5&subCategoryID =
 
MD: Governor Warns of Crisis in Wake of Diebold 'Repair' Revelations
http://www.betanews.com/article/Governor_Warns_of_Crisis_in_Wake_of_Diebold_Repair_Revelations/1161969961
 
MD: Dorchester County - Absentee ballot demand grows
http://www.delmarvanow.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061027/NEWS01/610270302/1002
 
NE: Omaha prints it own ballots as others wait for deliveries
http://www.helenair.com/articles/2006/10/27/ap-state-mt/d8l04cuo0.txt
 
NY: Board Of Elections Tests Next Generation Voting Machines
http://www.ny1.com/ny1/content/index.jsp?stid=9&aid=63802
 
NY: Krueger Concerned With Lobbyist Influence In HAVA Compliance
http://www.northcountrygazette.org/articles/102606HAVACompliance.html
 
OH: Judge blocks Ohio's voter ID law for absentee ballots
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-ohio27oct27,1,2283759.story?coll=la-headlines-nation
 
OH: Petro to appeal voter-ID ruling over Blackwell's objections
http://www.columbusdispatch.com/news-story.php?story=222472
 
OH: Miami County - Issue 5 worded incorrectly on ballots in Miami County
http://www.cantonrep.com/index.php?ID=315776&Category=13
 
PA: Philadelphia - Phila. opposes U.S. observers at polls
In a suit, the government alleges violation of the rights of Hispanic voters. Local officials warn of too much intrusion.
http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/local/states/pennsylvania/15858843.htm
 
TX: Travis County Electronic Ballots Have Minor Error
http://www.kxan.com/Global/story.asp?S=5596367&nav=0s3d
 
VA: Elections board tells 3 localities to add backup voting equipment
http://www.wdbj7.com/Global/story.asp?S=5597889&nav=S6aK
 
WV: State, county at odds on IDs
Chesterfield defends registrar's request for Social Security data
http://www.timesdispatch.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=RTD%2FMGArticle%2FRTD_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1149191369172&path=!news&s=1045855934842
 
WV: Kanawha County - More Election Day Voting Controvery in Kanawha County
http://wowktv.com/story.cfm?func=viewstory&storyid=15581
 
WV: Kanawha County - Kanawha’s votes to get one-round count
http://wvgazette.com/section/News/Today/2006102639
 
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